Edward Burgess

Male1883–26 June 1942

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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Edward Burgess
1883–1942
Maud Matilda Harvey
1884–1980
Marriage: 1903
Jean Madeline Burgess
1904–1904

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  • Marriage
    1903Perth, Western Australia, Australia
  • Children (1)

    World Events (7)

    1892

    Age 9

    Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

    1901

    Age 18

    First Federal election.

    1901

    Age 18

    The Australian flag flown for the first time.

    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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