Peter Burgess

Brief Life History of Peter

When Peter Burgess was born on 7 May 1815, in Barton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Burgess, was 39 and his mother, Martha Needham Barlow, was 34. He married Ann Margaret Esplin on 16 May 1841, in Saint John, Pemberton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. He died on 24 February 1865, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Burgess
1815–1865
Mary Alice Rostron
1821–1903
Marriage: 6 March 1851
Samuel Rostron Burgess
1851–1918
Mary Alice Burgess
1853–1940
Martha Maria Burgess
1855–1925
Peter Howard Burgess
1858–1945

Sources (22)

  • Peter Burgess, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Peter Burgess, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Peter Burgess, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1819 · Peterloo Massacre

On August 16, 1819, in St. Peter’s Field, Manchester, England, a group of around 80,000 gathered together in an attempt to get parliament representation reformed. Shortly after a cavalry charged the crowd. By the end, 15 people died and around 600 were injured.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

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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