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     Isabella Ann Thom Webster was born on 6 November 1868 in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of John Webster and Charlotte Thom.¹

     Helen Christian Webster was born on 19 December 1871 in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of John Webster and Charlotte Thom.¹

     Mary Eva Cramer was born on 2 February 1830 in Bavaria, Germany.^2,3 She married Charles H. Burness on 28 September 1853 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.^4,2 She died on 26 October 1931 in Mount Airy, Carroll County, Maryland, USA, at age 101.²
     Mary Burness (wife, age 31) was enumerated in the census on 14 June 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in the household of Charles Burness.³ Mary Burness (mother-in-law, age 44) was enumerated in the census on 25 June 1880 in Carrollton, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart. She was married (not a widow.)⁵ Eva Burness (mother-in-law, age 58) was enumerated in the census on 9 June 1900 in 3018 Salmon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart. She was a widow.⁶ Eva Burness (mother-in-law, age 72) was enumerated in the census on 19 April 1910 in 3018 Salmon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart. She was a widow.⁷ Eva Burness (grandmother, age 89) was enumerated in the census on 12 January 1920 in 3018 Salmon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart.⁸
     Eva Burness was enumerated in the census on 19 April 1930 in Mount Airy, Carroll County, Maryland, USA, as a boarder and widow, age 100.⁹
     Obituary: Mrs. Eva Burness, Carroll County, Succumbs Near Mt. Airy: Carroll County's onlycentenarian, Mrs. Eva Burness, died at the home of Mrs. Oscar R. Hood, near Mt. Airy, Monday. Had she lived until next February, Mrs. Burness would have attained the age of 102. Funeral services will be held at the West Falls Methodist Episcopal church, at 2 o'clock this afternoon, with Rev. D'Arcy A. Littleton, pastor of Morgan Methodist Episcopal charge officiating. Burial will be in Loudon Park cemetery, Baltimore. Mrs. Burness sustained a fall four months ago from which she never fully recovered. Surviving Mrs. Burness is one son, William C. Burness, 1015 Fayette street, Baltimore, and a daughter, Mrs. M. E. Braungart, Reading, Pa. Mrs. Burness was born in Germany in 1830, and went to Baltimore as a Miss Baunerschmidt when she was 9 years old. In 1845, at the age of 15, Miss Baunerschmidt was married to Charles Burness, a sea captain. In 1880, Captain Burness, together with six members of his crew was lost at sea. Mrs. Burness remained in Baltimore a number of years after the death of her husband, but finally moved to Philadelphia, where she conducted a dry goods store. Preferring a country life, Mrs. Burness moved to a point near Mount Airy nine years ago, and had since been making her home there. The aged woman reteined possession of all her faculties until a few months before her death. She enjoyed perfect health and when more than 100 years old was able to walk unaided. Mrs. Burness was a reader of the daily papers and was actively interested in church activities until some months prior to her fall. She possessed a remarkable memory. She was intimately acquainted with Stonewall Jackson and other men of prominence during the war between the States. "General Jackson" she remarked, "was a fine gentleman". Mrs. Burness also was an intimate friend of Abraham Lincoln, so intimate, she said, that she always addressed him by his first name. "Although somewhat rough looking in appearance, it took only a few words with the martyred President to learn that inwardly he was kind, gentle and a man of great wisdom," she declared. She conversed with the war-time President many times and held him in the highest esteem. Although a Southern sympathizer during the War of 1861, Mrs. Burness was opposed to slavery. Mrs. Burness attributed her advanced age to regular habits and a life marked with great activity.²

     Mary E. Burness was born on 18 October 1861 in Maryland, USA.^2,3 She was the daughter of Charles H. Burness and Mary Eva Cramer.^3,4,5,1,2 She married Frederick Braungart circa 1877.² She died on 9 January 1936 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA, at age 74.³
     Mary Burness (daughter, age 10) was enumerated in the census on 14 June 1870 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, in the household of Charles Burness.⁴ Mary E. Braungart (wife, age 21) was enumerated in the census on 25 June 1880 in Carrollton, Baltimore County, Maryland, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart.¹ Mary E. Braungart (wife, age 38) was enumerated in the census on 9 June 1900 in 3018 Salmon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart.² Mary E. Braungart (wife, age 49) was enumerated in the census on 19 April 1910 in 3018 Salmon Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, in the household of Frederick Braungart.⁶

     Avery Gail Burness is the daughter of Jason Burness and Jodi Heather Ann Eschbach.

     Rachel Laurie Burness is the daughter of Jason Burness and Jodi Heather Ann Eschbach.

     Madeline Eve Burness is the daughter of David Ian Burness and Melissa Katrina Gray.¹