Brief Life History of Alice Augusta
When Alice Augusta Burgess was born on 20 March 1861, in Woodville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, William Jehiel Burgess, was 31 and her mother, Amelia M Illsley, was 24. She lived in Lakeville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871 and Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871. She died on 17 July 1871, in Cornwallis, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 10.
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- Alice A Burges in household of Mary A Burges, "Canada Census, 1871"
- Alice A. Burgels, "Canada, Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877"
- Alice A Burgess, "Canada, Nova Scotia Vital Records, 1763-1957"
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British Columbia joins the confederation.
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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