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     Clara Edith Lawrence was born circa 1874 in Ramsgate, Kent, England.^1,2,3 She married Gerald Middleton Burness, son of James Alexander Burness and Eliza Maria Gordon Bogue, on 26 June 1895 in Islington, London, England.¹ She died on 12 April 1942 in Arcadia Nursing Home, Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa.³
     Constance Burness was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 8 St Augustines Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, age 34, with Rona Burness, Ina Burness, James Burness and Gerald Burness in her household. She had been married 16 years with 4 children (all living.)⁴
     Mrs. Burness (lady) was listed as a relative traveling with G. Burness aboard SS Tainui which departed from London on 30 October 1895 bound for Wellington, New Zealand.⁵ Mrs. C. E. Burness (age 52) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Llandovery Catle which departed on 5 May 1927 from London bound for Cape Town, South Africa.⁵ Mrs. C. E. Burness (age 56) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Arundel Castle which departed on 7 November 1930 from Southampton bound for Cape Town, South Africa.⁵ Constance Burness (age 62) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Lochmonar which departed on 13 April 1937 from London bound for Los Angeles, California, USA.⁵ Mrs. C. E. Burness (age 63) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Windsor Castle which departed on 3 June 1938 from Southampton bound for Cape Town, South Africa.⁵

     Rona Connell Gordon Burness was born on 2 July 1896 in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.¹ She was the daughter of Gerald Middleton Burness and Clara Edith Lawrence.^1,2,3 She died on 24 September 1940 in 12 Trebovir Road, Earl's Court, London, England, at age 44.^2,4
     Rona Burness (daughter, age 14) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 8 St Augustines Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, in the household of Constance Burness.³
     Rona Burness (nurse, age 28) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Rawalpindi which departed on 27 November 1925 from London bound for Port Said, Egypt.⁵

     Constance Ina Miriam Burness was born on 9 February 1899 in Remuera, Auckland, New Zealand.¹ She was the daughter of Gerald Middleton Burness and Clara Edith Lawrence.^1,2
     Ina Burness (daughter, age 12) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 8 St Augustines Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, in the household of Constance Burness.²

     James Huia George Burness was born on 30 December 1903 in 1 Guiball Road, Eltham, London, England.¹ He was the son of Gerald Middleton Burness and Clara Edith Lawrence.^1,2 He married Lucy Joan Harding.³ He died circa 1971 in South Africa.³
     James Burness (son, age 7) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 8 St Augustines Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, in the household of Constance Burness.²
     J. H. G. Burness (farmer, age 21) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Armandale Castle which departed on 30 January 1925 from Southampton bound for Cape Town, South Africa. He was accompanied by G. A. Burness.⁴ J. H. G. Burness (farmer, age 41) was listed as a passenger aboard SS Carnarvon Castle which departed on 22 February 1946 from Southampton bound for Cape Town, South Africa. He was accompanied by Mrs. Burness.⁴

     Gerald Alexander Frederick Burness was born on 18 July 1906 in Chesleigh, 21 Brackley Road, Beckenham, Kent, England.¹ He was the son of Gerald Middleton Burness and Clara Edith Lawrence.^1,2,3 He died on 19 November 1935 in Stuart Estates, Debeati, Bechuanaland, at age 29.^2,4
     Gerald Burness (son, age 4) was enumerated in the census on 2 April 1911 in 8 St Augustines Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, in the household of Constance Burness.³
     G. A. Burness (farmer, age 18) was listed as a relative traveling with J. H. G. Burness aboard SS Armandale Castle which departed from Southampton on 30 January 1925 bound for Cape Town, South Africa.⁵

     Lucy Joan Harding was born circa 1907.¹ She married James Huia George Burness, son of Gerald Middleton Burness and Clara Edith Lawrence.²
     Mrs. Burness (age 38) was listed as a relative traveling with J. H. G. Burness aboard SS Carnarvon Castle which departed from Southampton on 22 February 1946 bound for Cape Town, South Africa.¹

     Monica Constance Burness is the daughter of James Huia George Burness and Lucy Joan Harding.¹

     James Gerald Archer Burness is the son of James Huia George Burness and Lucy Joan Harding.¹

     Constance Joan Burness is the daughter of James Huia George Burness and Lucy Joan Harding.¹

     Arthur Charles Rothery Nutt was born in 1873 in Kensington, London, England.^2,3 He married Constance Helen Burness, daughter of James Alexander Burness and Eliza Maria Gordon Bogue, on 19 August 1896 in All Saint's Church, Blackheath, London, England.^1,4 He died on 21 June 1946 in Victoria Cottage Hospital, Wimborne, Dorset, England.^5,6
     Arthur C. R. Nutt was enumerated in the census on 31 March 1901 in Chatfields, Farnborough, Hampshire, England, as a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery, age 28 with Constance H. B. Nutt and Walter G. R. Nutt in his household.²