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     John Burness was baptized on 17 January 1808 in Mill of Mondynes, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was the son of William Burness and Mary Brand. He married Isabella Lawson, daughter of Richard Lawson and Elizabeth Milne, on 24 December 1852 in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He died on 28 October 1884 in on the seashore near mouth of North Esk, St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 76.

     Isabella Lawson was born on 16 May 1820 in Spurryhillock, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Richard Lawson and Elizabeth Milne. She was baptized on 4 June 1820 in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. She married John Burness, son of William Burness and Mary Brand, on 24 December 1852 in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. She died on 14 November 1864 in Moreton, Dorset, England, at age 44.

     Richard Lawson Burness was born on 10 November 1853 in Moreton, Dorset, England. He was the son of John Burness and Isabella Lawson. He was baptized on 24 April 1854 in Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He died on 18 March 1880 in Tillyoch, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at age 26.

     John Brand Burness was baptized on 11 April 1856 in Moreton, Dorset, England. He was the son of John Burness and Isabella Lawson. He married Ann Elizabeth Wallis, daughter of John Wallis, on 29 December 1888 in St Aidan Parish Church, South Shields, Durham, England. He died on 7 September 1925 in 191 South Eldon Street, South Shields, Durham, England, at age 69.

     William Burness was baptized on 11 April 1856 in Moreton, Dorset, England. He was the son of John Burness and Isabella Lawson. He married Ann Matilda Cox on 29 April 1891 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He died on 21 February 1920 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at age 63. He was buried on 23 February 1920 in Prospect Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

     Elizabeth Catherine Burness was born on 4 March 1858 in Moreton, Dorset, England. She was the daughter of John Burness and Isabella Lawson. She married David Niven, son of James Niven and Margaret Coutts, on 26 August 1879 in Tillyoch, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died on 25 January 1928 in Woodside, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at age 69.

     Henry Frampton Burness was born on 4 August 1860 in Moreton, Dorset, England. He was the son of John Burness and Isabella Lawson. He died on 1 January 1863 in Moreton, Dorset, England, at age 2.

     Isabella Ann Crabb Burness was born on 11 September 1862 in Moreton, Dorset, England. She was the daughter of John Burness and Isabella Lawson. She married William Anderson Kydd, son of William Kydd and Elizabeth Anderson, on 26 June 1885 in Kirktown Cottage, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. She died on 3 January 1919 in Tillyboy, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at age 56.