Person Page - 1902

     Jessie Thomson Munro Wanless was born circa 1882 in Edinburgh, Scotland.² She married James Burness on 20 June 1908 in 135 Hill Street, Glasgow, Scotland.¹
     Jessie Burness (wife, age 28) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 137 Holmlea Road, Glasgow, Scotland, in the household of James Burness.²
     Jessie Burness (domestic, age 39) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Metagama which departed on 20 April 1922 from Liverpool bound for Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She was accompanied by Alison Burness.³

     Helen Falconer Chapman was born on 27 May 1892 in Leith, Midlothian, Scotland.² She married Hugh Hanton Burness, son of William Burness and Ann Mitchell Hanton, on 26 March 1917 in Cordova Place, Taymouth Street, Carnoustie, Angus, Scotland.¹ She died on 29 May 1963 in Sutton and Cheam Hospital, Sutton, Surrey, England, at age 71.³

     John Robert Burness was born on 16 October 1869 in 29 Zion Street, Sunderland, Durham, England.¹ He was the son of John Burness and Isabella Ann Clarke.^1,2,3,4 He married Emma Edith Taylor on 16 August 1891 in Parish Church, Stranton, Durham, England.^2,5 He died on 6 March 1913 in 255 Benson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, at age 43.⁶
     John R. Burns (grandson, age 1) was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in 28 Hedwooth Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, in the household of Ann Clarke.³ John Robert Burnes (son, age 11) was enumerated in the census on 4 April 1881 in 2 Hendon Street, Sunderland, Durham, England, in the household of Isabella Ann Clarke.⁴
     John P. Burness was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in 69 Denmark Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, as a butcher, age 31 with Edith E. Burness, John R. Burness, Oswald Burness, Richard H. Burness, Annie E. Burness and William G. Burness in his household.⁷
     John Robert Burness was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 255 Benson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, as assisting in business, age 42, with Emma Edith Burness, John Robert Burness, Oswald Burness, Henry Burness, Annie Edith Burness, William George Burness, Norman Gristwood Burness, Nora Burness, Fred Burness, Edwin Burness and Lilian Burness in his household.⁸

     Emma Edith Taylor was born on 10 August 1870 in West Hartlepool, Durham, England.^2,3 She married John Robert Burness, son of John Burness and Isabella Ann Clarke, on 16 August 1891 in Parish Church, Stranton, Durham, England.^1,4 She died on 14 August 1952 in 11 Wareham Close, Hounslow, London, England, at age 82.⁵
     Edith E. Burness (wife, age 30) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in 69 Denmark Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, in the household of John P. Burness.³ Emma Edith Burness (wife, age 42) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 255 Benson Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, in the household of John Robert Burness. She had been married 20 years with 10 children (all living.)⁶

     Jeanie Cadzow Fleming was born on 27 December 1897 in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.² She married John Robert Taylor Burness, son of John Robert Burness and Emma Edith Taylor, on 12 January 1917 in 17 Chapel Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland.^1,3 She died on 20 July 1926 in 17 Chapel Street, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, at age 28.³

     William C. W. Burness was born on 1 December 1894 in Killney, County Dublin, Ireland.² He was the son of George Burness and Kathleen Clark.^1,3 He married Elizabeth Robertson on 30 October 1916 in 8 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.^1,4 He died on 11 April 1918 in France at age 23.^5,6,7
     William Burness (son, age 7) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in 70 Westburn Row, Westburn, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland, in the household of George Burness.³
     William Burness was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in Newton, Nigg, Kincardineshire, Scotland, as a farm labourer, age 17.⁸
     William Burness (age 13) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Grampian which departed on 3 April 1908 from Glasgow bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He was accompanied by Joseph Burness. His destination was Brockville, but it appears that he may not have boarded.⁹

     Elizabeth Robertson was born on 16 March 1896.² She married William C. W. Burness, son of George Burness and Kathleen Clark, on 30 October 1916 in 8 Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.^1,2 She married Hugh Rodgers on 7 July 1931 in The Chapel, Crossroads, Wemyss, Fife, Scotland.^3,4,2 She died on 17 September 1979 in Fairmile Nursing Home, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 83.²

     Williamina Davie was born on 22 November 1890.² She married John Burness, son of John Burness and Jane Ann Moug, on 12 December 1919 in Balmain Hall, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.^1,2 She died on 1 January 1982 in Stracathro Hospital, Brechin, Angus, Scotland, at age 91.²