Brief Life History of Perry Andrew
When Perry Andrew Burgess was born on 22 September 1881, in Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas Erwin Burgess, was 43 and his mother, Nancy Jane Mahoney, was 37. He married Lorena Beard on 5 February 1905, in Gentry, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Athens Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1910 and Election Precinct 9, Pueblo, Colorado, United States in 1920. He died on 28 March 1928, at the age of 46, and was buried in Albany, Gentry, Missouri, United States.
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- Perry Burgess, "United States Census, 1920"
- Perry A Burgess, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1802-1969"
- Perry Andrew Burgess, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1882 · The Big One
On Nov 7 1882, Denver was hit with a 6.6 magnitude earthquake. It was the largest earthquake to hit in the history of Colorado.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: status name from Middle English burge(i)s, burgis, borgeis ‘inhabitant of a borough’ (strictly one possessing full municipal rights), ‘freeman of a borough’. Burgesses generally had tenure of land or buildings from a landlord by burgage. In medieval England burgage involved the payment of a fixed money rent (as opposed to payment in kind); in Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The -eis ending is from Latin -ensis (modern English -ese as in Portuguese). Compare Burger .
Americanized form of French Bourgeois .
History: Thomas Burgess came from England to MA c. 1630 and eventually settled in Sandwich, MA.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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