Burness Genealogy and Family History

Catherine Reith¹

#1051, b. 18 February 1802, d. 9 January 1883

Catherine Reith was baptized on 18 February 1802 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2,3 She married John Smith on 26 July 1826 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,4,2 She died on 9 January 1883 in Pitgarvie, Marykirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 80.^2,3 She was buried in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Catherine Reith and John Smith

John Smith+^4,5,2,6 b. 26 Jun 1827, d. 22 Feb 1905
Ann Smith+^4,5,7,6 b. 4 Feb 1829, d. c 1921
David Smith^4,2,7,6,8 b. 28 Aug 1830, d. 11 Nov 1866
Elizabeth Smith^4,2,7,6,9 b. 23 Jun 1832, d. 18 Jan 1910
Jane Smith¹⁰ b. 23 Jun 1832, d. Dec 1836
Catherine Smith^4,2,7,8 b. 1 Sep 1834, d. 13 Aug 1866
Mary Smith^4,2,7,6 b. 2 Jun 1836, d. 18 Feb 1864
Isabella Smith^4,2,7,6,9 b. 9 May 1838, d. 31 Aug 1873
Margaret Smith^4,2,7,6 b. 12 Nov 1840, d. 16 Apr 1860
William Smith^4,2,6,8 b. 14 Aug 1842, d. 1 Jun 1875
Jane Smith^4,2,6,9,11 b. 12 May 1844, d. 24 Feb 1931

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
OPR Marykirk.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Sheila M. Spiers, The Kirkyard of Fettercairn.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.

Jean Reith¹

#1052, b. 9 June 1805, d. 14 January 1849

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Jean Reith was baptized on 9 June 1805 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2 She died on 14 January 1849 in Fettercairn, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 43.² She was buried in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.²

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).

Margaret Reith¹

#1053, b. 25 February 1812, d. 8 May 1898

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Margaret Reith was baptized on 25 February 1812 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2,3,4 She married James Clark on 29 December 1846 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,2 She died on 8 May 1898 in Stoneyroo, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 86.² She was buried in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Margaret Reith and James Clark

Jean Clark^1,2,5,6,7,8 b. 9 Feb 1848, d. 20 Aug 1915
Ann Clark^{1,9,2,5,6,10,8} b. 4 Jul 1850, d. 2 Jan 1924
John Reith Clark^1,2,6,10,8 b. 24 Jun 1852, d. 1925

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1891 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.

Christian Reith¹

#1054, b. 17 March 1816, d. 16 March 1909

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Christian Reith was born on 17 March 1816 in Tipperty, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of John Reith and Jean Burness.^1,2,3,4 She was baptized on 5 April 1816 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She married Arthur Stephen, son of Arthur Stephen and Margaret Reith, on 24 May 1842 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,2 She died on 16 March 1909 in 25 High Street, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 92.²

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of Christian Reith and Arthur Stephen

Arthur Stephen+^5,4,6 b. 27 Dec 1843, d. 22 Apr 1927
John Stephen^5,4,6 b. 11 Mar 1847
James Stephen+^5,4,6 b. 3 Jan 1849, d. 11 Jun 1932
Jane Stephen+^5,7,4,8 b. 30 Mar 1851, d. 16 Mar 1931
George Reith Stephen+^5,7,2,6,8,9 b. 25 Jan 1853, d. 29 Nov 1920
Margaret Reith Stephen+^10,7,6 b. 14 Jun 1855, d. 27 Jul 1949

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
OPR St Cyrus.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Robert Ley¹

#1055, b. 9 June 1782, d. 15 October 1815

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Robert Ley was baptized on 9 June 1782 in Cairnton, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.² He was the son of David Ley and Isobel Burness.² He married Margaret Burness, daughter of David Burness and Katherine Milne, on 12 June 1803 in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He died on 15 October 1815 in Knockbank, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 33.² He was buried in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³

Charts: Descendants of Walter Burness
Descendants of David Burness
Descendants of John Burness

Children of Robert Ley and Margaret Burness

David Ley+^2,4 b. 11 Jul 1803, d. 18 May 1876
John Ley² b. 14 May 1805, d. 28 Feb 1806
Catherine Ley+² b. 16 Jan 1807, d. 19 Dec 1891
Jean Ley+^2,5 b. 20 Apr 1809, d. 2 Apr 1902
James Ley+^2,5 b. 2 Mar 1812, d. 24 Nov 1890
Isabella Ley^2,5 b. 29 May 1814, d. 10 Apr 1886
Margaret Ley+² b. 23 Jan 1816, d. 11 Jan 1892

Citations

OPR Glenbervie.
OPR Fordoun.
Sheila M. Spiers, The Kirkyard of Glenbervie.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

David Ley¹

#1056, b. 11 July 1803, d. 18 May 1876

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David Ley was baptized on 11 July 1803 in Knockbank, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Robert Ley and Margaret Burness.^1,2 He married Mary Lawrence on 29 July 1844 in St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England.² He died on 18 May 1876 in Merton, Surrey, England, at age 72.^3,4

Charts: Descendants of David Burness
Descendants of John Burness

Child of David Ley and Mary Lawrence

Henry William Lees^5,6,7 b. 18 Dec 1844, d. 1867

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office.
Ancestry.com, England & Wales National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations).
General Register Office, England Death Index 1837-1915.
Birth Registration, General Register Office.
1851 English Census, Surrey.
1861 English Census, Surrey.

James Ley¹

#1057, b. 2 March 1812, d. 24 November 1890

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James Ley was born on 2 March 1812 in Knockbank, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of Robert Ley and Margaret Burness.^1,2 He was baptized on 9 March 1812 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He married Helen Reith on 1 January 1845 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,2 He died on 24 November 1890 in Knockbank, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 78.² He was buried in Glenbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.³

Charts: Descendants of David Burness
Descendants of John Burness

Children of James Ley and Helen Reith

James Ley^1,2,4,5,6 b. 12 Jan 1846, d. 24 Aug 1873
Helen Ley+^1,2,4,5,6,7 b. 20 Jan 1848, d. 27 Aug 1903
Margaret Ley^1,8,2,4 b. 1 Mar 1850, d. 9 Jun 1930
Jane Ley+^1,8,2,5,6 b. 6 Aug 1853, d. 15 May 1946

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Sheila M. Spiers, The Kirkyard of Glenbervie.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Jean Ley

#1058, b. 20 April 1809, d. 2 April 1902

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Jean Ley was baptized on 20 April 1809 in Knockbank, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Ley and Margaret Burness.^1,2 She married John Masson on 17 November 1835 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,3 She died on 2 April 1902 in Auburn Cottage, Auchenblae, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 92.²

Charts: Descendants of David Burness
Descendants of John Burness

Children of Jean Ley and John Masson

John Masson^2,4,5,6,7 b. c 1836, d. 16 Mar 1913
Margaret Masson^2,5,8 b. c 1839, d. 3 Jun 1867
Jane Masson+^{9,2,5,8,10,11} b. c 1841, d. 29 Mar 1904
James Ley Masson^3,2,5,8 b. 10 Apr 1844, d. 20 Sep 1927

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
OPR Kinneff.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1891 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1901 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.

Margaret Ley¹

#1059, b. 23 January 1816, d. 11 January 1892

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Margaret Ley was baptized on 23 January 1816 in Knockbank, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Ley and Margaret Burness.¹ She married William Don on 4 January 1837 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^2,3,4 She died on 11 January 1892 in Putney, London, England, at age 75.^5,6

Charts: Descendants of David Burness
Descendants of John Burness

Children of Margaret Ley and William Don

William Don^2,7,8 b. 24 Feb 1837, d. 23 Feb 1909
Margaret Don^2,9,8,10 b. 15 Feb 1839, d. 17 Jun 1906
Isabella Don+^11,12,4,8,13 b. 20 Sep 1843, d. 24 Feb 1926
George Don+^11,8,10 b. 2 Apr 1845, d. 23 Feb 1889
David Don^11,4,8,10 b. 25 Mar 1849, d. 7 Oct 1870
Mary Ann Don^11,10 b. 25 Apr 1851, d. 1913
Alexander Don^11,10 b. 29 Sep 1853, d. 30 Jul 1870
Julia Ann Don^3,10,13 b. 18 Sep 1856, d. 21 Mar 1938
James Don^3,13 b. 25 Oct 1862, d. 23 Apr 1925

Citations

OPR Fordoun.
OPR Dunnottar.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Alison Mitchell, editor, Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions: An Index for Kincardineshire (The Mearns).
General Register Office, England Death Index 1837-1915.
Death Registration, Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1861 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
OPR Fetteresso.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.