Brief Life History of Joseph Oscar
When Joseph Oscar Burgess was born on 16 November 1899, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Charles Henry Burgess, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Lena Hansen, was 30. He married Olive Myrl Wrigley on 12 November 1920, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in View, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1930 and Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States in 1935. He died on 9 April 1983, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Joseph O Burgess, "United States 1950 Census"
- Joseph Oscar Burgess, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Joseph Oscar Burgess, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1905
Historical Boundaries 1905: Cassia, Idaho, United States
1921 · One of The Oldest Coasters in the World
Utah is home to one of the oldest coasters in the world that is still operational. The Roller Coaster, at Lagoon Amusement park, is listed number 5.
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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