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     John Burness was born on 30 November 1814 in Links of Arduthie, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was the son of John Burness and Janet Beattie. He was baptized on 21 January 1815 in Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

     Janet Beattie is estimated to have been born circa 1789. She married John Burness.

     John Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1785 in Scotland. He married Janet Beattie. He died in 1814 in Links of Arduthie, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

     John Burness was born on 4 February 1850 in Mains of Fordoun, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He was the son of John Burness and Rachel Begg. He was baptized on 12 February 1850 in Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He married Elizabeth Cushnie, daughter of James Cushnie and Ann Bain, on 25 November 1875 in 51 Allardice Street, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland. He died on 19 February 1929 in 2 South Street, Johnshaven, Benholm, Kincardineshire, Scotland, at age 79.

     Grace Phillips Burness was born on 27 December 1873 in 112 West Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, Scotland. She was the daughter of John Anderson Burness and Mary Stuart Coupar. She married John Brown, son of David Brown and Jane Chalmers, on 22 June 1900 in Queen Street, Edinburgh, Scotland. She died on 21 February 1961 in 103 Greenbank Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 87.

     Mary Stuart Coupar was born on 19 March 1849 in Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She was the daughter of Alexander Coupar and Grace Phillips. She married John Anderson Burness, son of William Burness and Margaret Anderson, on 2 December 1872 in Dallfield Terrace, Dundee, Angus, Scotland. She died on 25 October 1940 in 33 St Alban's Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 91.