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     Elspet Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1691 in Scotland. She married William Murray.¹

     William Murray is estimated to have been born circa 1686. He married Elspet Burness.¹

     Henry Burness Pithie was born on 5 October 1866 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹ He was the son of James Collie Pithie and Eliza Burness.¹ He died on 23 November 1867 at age 1.²

     Eliza Burness was born on 23 May 1844 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.^1,2 She was the daughter of John Napier Burness and Margaret Marshall.^1,2 She married James Collie Pithie on 8 December 1865 in 7 Wharf Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹ She died on 22 March 1882 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at age 37.³
     Eliza Burness (niece, age 6) was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1851 in North Links, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Henry Burness.⁴ Eliza Burness (granddaughter, age 16) was enumerated in the census on 8 April 1861 in North Links, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, in the household of Henry Burness.⁵

     James Collie Pithie was born circa 1844.² He married Eliza Burness, daughter of John Napier Burness and Margaret Marshall, on 8 December 1865 in 7 Wharf Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.²

     Eliza Pithie was born on 8 July 1868 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Collie Pithie and Eliza Burness.¹ She married Maurice Smeltzer on 25 January 1899 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.² She died on 7 March 1936 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, at age 67.²