Brief Life History of Montgomery Alexander
When Montgomery Alexander Burgess was born on 29 January 1899, in Polk, North Carolina, United States, his father, Nathan Columbus Burgess, was 37 and his mother, Elsie Ann Salmon, was 39. He married Naomi Hunsinger in 1921, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Cooper Gap Township, Polk, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 5 November 1939, in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 40.
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- Mont A Burgess Sr., "United States Census, 1930"
- Mont Alexander Burgess, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Mont Burgess, "South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965"
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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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