Burness Genealogy and Family History

Rena Annie Eastham

#41, b. 8 August 1916, d. 28 April 2004

Rena Annie Eastham was born on 8 August 1916 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.¹ She was the daughter of Charles Stanley Eastham and Florence Bell.¹ She married Ira Owen Mjelde.¹ She married John Alexander Burness, son of John Masson Burness and Henrietta Deas, on 24 September 1956 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.² She died on 28 April 2004 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, at age 87.¹

Charts: Descendants of Alexander Burness

Citations

Calgary Herald, Calgary, Alberta.
Personal knowledge of Gordon Lennox Burness.

John Burness¹

#50, b. September 1831, d. 11 September 1924

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John Burness was born in September 1831 in Mulloch, Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland.^1,2 He was the son of Alexander Burness and Margaret Masson.^1,3,2 He was baptized on 16 September 1831 in Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He married Christian Gordon, daughter of John Gordon and Janet Marshall, on 20 June 1863 in Port Elphinstone, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.^3,2 He died on 11 September 1924 in Crossroads, Grange, Banffshire, Scotland.² He was buried in Banchory, Kincardineshire, Scotland.⁴

Charts: Descendants of Alexander Burness

Children of John Burness and Christian Gordon

Margaret Burness^5,2 b. 23 May 1864, d. 9 Feb 1865
Nicholson Burness^5,2 b. 4 Dec 1865, d. 27 Sep 1867
Jessie Burness+^5,3,2,6,7 b. 4 Dec 1867, d. 17 Dec 1943
Jane Gordon Burness+^5,8,9,6,7 b. 25 Aug 1869, d. 17 Nov 1921
John Masson Burness+^5,3,10,7 b. 25 Jun 1871, d. 14 Mar 1948
Alexander William Burness^5,2 b. 22 Apr 1873, d. 12 Sep 1878
Nicholson Allan Burness^5,2 b. 22 Apr 1873, d. 6 Jun 1873
Ann Gordon Burness^5,3,2,7,11 b. 14 Apr 1875, d. 24 Dec 1950
Andrew Jamieson Burness^5,2 b. 5 Mar 1877, d. 9 Jan 1880
Christian Burness^5,2 b. 29 Oct 1878, d. 3 Jan 1880

Citations

OPR Banchory-Ternan.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
Gravestone, Banchory-Ternan Cemetery, Banchory-Ternan, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1871 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
1881 Scottish Census, Kincardineshire.
31 Chambers Street, New York City, New York, USA New York City Municipal Archives Marriage Registrstion.
Death Certificate, New Jersey State Archives.
Death Registration, Saskatchewan Health Department, Vital Statistics Office.
1891 Scottish Census, Moray.