Alexander Burness1

#3525, b. 21 September 1837, d. 5 July 1880
     Alexander Burness was born on 21 September 1837 in Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.1 He married Helen Gordon, daughter of John Gordon and Janet Marshall, on 16 July 1869 in Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.2,3 He died on 5 July 1880 in Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, Scotland, at age 42.3
     Alexander Burness (age 4) was enumerated in the census on 6 June 1841 in Cowgate, Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in the household of Alexander Burness.4 Alexander Burness (son, age 13) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in Cowgate, Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in the household of Alexander Burness. He was a wool piecer.5
     Alexander Burness was enumerated in the census on 8 April 1861 in Keith's Close, High Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, as a journeyman house painter, age 22.6
     Alexander Burness was enumerated in the census on 3 April 1871 in Cowgate, Inverbervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, as a painter and photograher, age 33 with Hellen Burness in his household.7

Children of Alexander Burness and Helen Gordon

Citations

  1. OPR Bervie.
  2. Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  3. Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  4. 1841 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
  5. 1851 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
  6. 1861 Scottish Census, Angus.
  7. 1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
  8. Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
  9. Death Registration, New Zealand Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages.