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     Maria Amelia Burness was born on 13 June 1861 in Sutton Common, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Burness and Maria Simmonds.^1,2,3,4 She was baptized on 6 October 1861 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.⁵ She married William Ball, son of James Ball and Sarah Smith, on 9 May 1881 in St Mary's Church, Plaistow, Essex, England.² She died in 1911 in West Ham, Essex, England.⁶

     Maria Simmonds was born on 15 September 1832 in Bayton, Worcestershire, England.² She was the daughter of John Simmonds and Mary Wakeman.¹ She was baptized on 29 September 1832 in Bayton, Worcestershire, England.³ She married John Ingham on 7 February 1853 in Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England.³ She married Joseph Burness, son of Joseph Burness and Kezia Collett, on 23 April 1859 in Parish Church, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.¹ She died on 16 September 1912 in 91 Khedive Road, Forest Gate, Essex, England, at age 80.⁴

     Lydia Burness was born on 4 July 1864 in Bewdley Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Burness and Maria Simmonds.^1,2,3,4 She was baptized on 7 August 1864 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.⁵ She married Henry Ball, son of James Ball and Sarah Smith, on 27 March 1882 in St Mary's Church, Plaistow, Essex, England.²

     Charles Burness was born on 23 July 1863 in 6 Three Colt Lane, Bethnal Green, Middlesex, England.¹ He was the son of Jacob Thomas Burness and Harriett Spinks.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7} He was baptized on 25 March 1884 in St Matthew, Ponders End, Middlesex, England.² He died on 31 July 1931 in North Middlesex Hospital, Edmonton, Middlesex, England, at age 68.⁸ He was buried on 4 August 1931 in St James, Enfield, Middlesex, England.⁹

     Jacob Thomas Burness was born on 6 September 1835 in White Horse Court, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.¹ He was the son of Jacob Burness and Caroline Hoare.^1,2,3,4 He was baptized on 12 October 1835 in St Leonard, Shoreditch, Middlesex, England.¹ He married Harriett Spinks, daughter of John Spinks, on 15 July 1861 in St Mary Spital Square, Spitalfields, Middlesex, England.^3,4 He died on 2 January 1897 in 6 South Street, Ponders End, Middlesex, England, at age 61.⁵

     Joseph Templar Burness was born on 13 March 1873 in Heath, Stourbridge, Worcestershire, England.¹ He was the son of Joseph William Jackson Taylor Burness and Elizabeth Brighton.^1,2,3,4 He married Florence Louise Gash, daughter of George Gash and Elizabeth (?), on 17 July 1898 in Reading, Berkshire, England.² He married Mabel Hill on 1 April 1959 in Reading, Berkshire, England.² He died on 11 November 1964 in 144 Halls Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, England, at age 91.⁵

     Elizabeth Brighton was born circa 1840 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.² She was the daughter of Benjamin Brighton.¹ She married Joseph William Jackson Taylor Burness, son of Joseph Burness and Lucinda Jackson Howard, on 18 April 1870 in Old Meeting House, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.¹ She died on 16 December 1905 in 397 Oxford Road, Reading, Berkshire, England.³