Robert Ness

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the census in 1841 in Cowdens, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded as (aged 13m) living with parents David (30, labourer) and Catharine (30) and siblings George (10), Jean (6) and Elisabeth (4).

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in South Letham, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 12) living with his parents and siblings Jane, Elizabeth, Ann and David.