John Burgess

John Burgess

Male 1841 - 1919  (78 years)


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  • Name John Burgess 
    Birth 22 Mar 1841  Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Christening 25 Apr 1841  Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Burial 1919  Wallace, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 27 Sep 1919  Watts, Los Angeles co, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I26  Davenham Cheshire
    Last Modified 22 May 2009 

    Father Peter Burgess,   b. 9 Aug 1818, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Mar 1862, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Mother Margaret Long,   b. 11 Jan 1818, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jun 1885, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 5 Nov 1838  Monyash, Derbyshire, england Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Family ID F7  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Hibbert,   b. 1 Mar 1839, 169 Allen Street North Sheffield, Yorkshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1910 (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 21 Mar 1863  Edensor, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Sarah Burgess,   b. 12 Apr 1871, Pilsley, Bakewell, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Mary Jane Burgess,   b. Mar 1873   d. 1892 (Age 18 years)
    +3. Laura Agnes Burgess,   b. 1875
    +4. Peter Burgess,   b. 1878, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. November 1953, Great Longstone, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    +5. John Burgess,   b. 9 May 1878, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Dec 1954, Kateri Pavillion Lasalle, Quebec, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F6  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Jul 2015 

    Family 2 Annie Oliver,   b. 17 Aug 1853, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 03 Oct 1908, Wallace, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Arthur Burgess,   b. 26 Nov 1878, Wallace, Chester Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Sep 1966, Glenmoore, Chester co, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
    +2. George Gaul Burgess,   b. 12 Aug 1881, Glenmoore, Chester co, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Joseph Burgess,   b. 17 Mar 1887, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationbur. Roosevelt Memorial Park in Gardena, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F262  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 17 Jun 2009 

  • Event Map
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  • Notes 
    • John Burgess son of Peter Burgess and Margaret Long, Master shoemaker born in Bakewell 1841. He married Elizabeth Hibbert.

      Appears in the 1871 census, fathers John Burgess in 1878 but does not appear in the 1881 Census.

      Hi wife Elizabeth is listed as a widow. No death record can be found for John in england.

      Family lore from cousins in England indicate that John had left his wife for another and emigrated to Philadelphia in 1913. His daughter Laura saw him off.

      The story above seems to have some facts mixed up between John 1841 and his son John born in 1878. John Jr. jumped ship in Montreal in Octber 1899. He was not married untill 1900 or after arriving in Canada.

      The 1880 Census (June 3rd) for Wallace, Chester Pennsylvania lists

      John Burgess Age 37 Shoemaker born in England
      Annie Age 28 Keeping House born in England
      Arthur son aged 1 Pennsyl.

      The 1900 Census (June 2nd) for Wallace, Chester, Pennsylvania enumeration district 113 lists

      John Burgess born March 1841, Age 59, number of years married 24 yrs, year emmigrated 1877, 22 years in the US, naturalized ,Shoemaker, owned Farm house.

      Annie born Aug 1854?, Age 43, married 24 yrs,Children 4 living, 22 years in US, Housekeeper




  • Sources 
    1. [S3] Bakewell parish transcripts.

    2. [S6] General Register Office, Certified copy of an entry of marriage, (October 6th 1992).

    3. [S5] Edensor Parish.


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