Brief Life History of Jean
When Jean Burness was christened on 29 July 1744, in Montrose, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, David Burness, was 23 and her mother, Jean Campbell, was 22.
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- Jean Burnies, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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1802 · John Playfair publishes summary of James Hutton's theories of geology.
In 1802, John Playfair published the Illustrations of the Huttonian Theory of the Earth. His influence was by James Hutton’s knowledge of the earth’s geology.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
Scottish: variant of Burns .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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