Martha Maria Burgess

Brief Life History of Martha Maria

When Martha Maria Burgess was born on 24 December 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Peter Burgess, was 40 and her mother, Mary Alice Rostron, was 34. She lived in Missouri, United States in 1870. She died on 31 March 1925, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Burgess
1815–1865
Mary Alice Rostron
1821–1903
Samuel Rostron Burgess
1851–1918
Mary Alice Burgess
1853–1940
Martha Maria Burgess
1855–1925
Peter Howard Burgess
1858–1945

Sources (6)

  • Martha Burgess in household of Mary Molyneaux, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Martha Maria Burgess - Published information: birth-name: Martha Burgess
  • Martha Burgess, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

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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