Burness Genealogy and Family History

Hellen Milne

#5361, b. circa 1757

Pedigree

Hellen Milne is estimated to have been born circa 1757. She married James Burness.¹

Child of Hellen Milne and James Burness

William Burness+¹ b. 14 May 1782, d. 2 Feb 1840

Citations

OPR Montrose.

James Burness

#5362, b. circa 1752

Pedigree

James Burness is estimated to have been born circa 1752 in Scotland. He married Hellen Milne.¹

Child of James Burness and Hellen Milne

William Burness+¹ b. 14 May 1782, d. 2 Feb 1840

Citations

OPR Montrose.

James Burness

#5363, b. 16 February 1818

Pedigree

James Burness was born on 16 February 1818 in Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of James Burness and Jean Murray.¹

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Citations

OPR Bervie.

John Lyall Burness¹

#5367, b. 7 June 1824, d. 16 July 1897

Pedigree

John Lyall Burness was born on 7 June 1824 in Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ He was the son of James Burness and Jean Murray.^1,2,3 He married Margaret Machar Hendry, daughter of Alexander Hendry and Elizabeth Paterson, on 27 May 1849 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.^2,4 He died on 16 July 1897 in Baltic Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, at age 73.²

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Children of John Lyall Burness and Margaret Machar Hendry

Alexander Burness+^4,5,6,7 b. 11 Aug 1848, d. 16 Apr 1913
Mary Burness⁶ b. 1850, d. Sep 1852
Catherine Neilson Burness^4,2,7 b. 6 Jun 1852, d. 16 Oct 1941
Agnes Hendry Burness^8,2,7,9,10 b. 17 Aug 1855, d. 29 Jan 1936
Margaret Burness^2,8 b. 13 Oct 1857, d. 16 Oct 1857
Elizabeth Paterson Burness^8,2,7,9 b. 18 Oct 1858, d. 10 Apr 1934
Grace Burness^8,11,2,9,12 b. 30 Mar 1863, d. 25 Oct 1935
Margaret Hendry Burness^8,11,13,9 b. 6 Mar 1865
John Robertson Burness+^8,11,2,9,12 b. 14 Feb 1867, d. 1 Nov 1949
Jane Murray Burness⁸ b. 16 Jan 1869, d. 17 Oct 1889

Citations

OPR Bervie.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Angus.
OPR Montrose.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office, transcribed by: Lawrence Ruxton Burness.
1851 Scottish Census, Angus.
1861 Scottish Census, Angus.
Birth Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1871 Scottish Census, Angus.
1891 Scottish Census, Angus.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1881 Scottish Census, Angus.
Marriage Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.

Mary Johnston Burness¹

#5368, b. 28 December 1825, d. 26 January 1855

Pedigree

Mary Johnston Burness was born on 28 December 1825 in Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Burness and Jean Murray.^1,2,3 She died on 26 January 1855 in 4 Baltic Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, at age 29.² She was buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Montrose, Angus, Scotland.⁴

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Citations

OPR Bervie.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Angus.
Angus Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855).

Jane Strachan Burness

#5370, b. 26 May 1831, d. 3 September 1891

Pedigree

Jane Strachan Burness was born on 26 May 1831 in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.¹ She was the daughter of James Burness and Jean Murray.^1,2,3,4 She died on 3 September 1891 in John Street, Montrose, Angus, Scotland, at age 60.^2,5 She was buried in Montrose, Angus, Scotland.⁵

Charts: Descendants of David Burness

Citations

OPR Montrose.
Death Registration, General Register Office for Scotland.
1841 Scottish Census, Angus.
1851 Scottish Census, Angus.
Angus Monumental Inscriptions (Pre-1855).