David Ness

   Cause of his death was Bronchitis (2 weeks).

  Noted events in his life were:

• He worked as a Labourer in 1841.

• He appeared on the census in 1841 in Cowdens, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 30) living with wife Catharine (30) and children George (10), Jean (6), Elisabeth (4) and Robert (13 months).

• He worked as an Agricultural Labourer in 1851.

• He appeared on the census in 1851 in South Letham, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 40) living with wife Catherine (39) and children Jane (16), Elizabeth (14), Robert (13), Ann (9) and David (7).

• He worked as a Ploughman in 1861.

• He appeared on the census in 1861 in East Luscar Cottages, Carnock, Fife, Scotland. Recorded (aged 52) living with his wife Catherine (50), children Jane (26) and Catherine (8) and granddaughter Ann J McDairmid (3) in a house with 1 windowed room.

• He worked as a Farm Servant from 1862 to 1869.

• He had a residence in 1869 in Carnock Village, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.

• He was ill with bronchitis in Dec 1869.

David married Catherine Kennedy, daughter of George Kennedy and Jane Cameron. (Catherine Kennedy was born circa 1806 in Perthshire, Scotland and died on 5 Oct 1886 in Carnock Village, Carnock, Fife, Scotland.) The cause of her death was Dropsy.