Brief Life History of Edward
Edward Burgess was born in 1883. He married Maud Matilda Harvey in 1903, in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 26 June 1942, in Cottesloe, Western Australia, Australia, at the age of 59, and was buried in Guildford Cemetery, Guildford, Victoria, Australia.
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1883–1942 Male
1884–1980 Female
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1904–1904 Female
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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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