Brief Life History of Mark
When Mark Burgess was born on 30 August 1836, in Orcheston St George, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Burgess, was 27 and his mother, Catherine Sainsbury, was 25. He married Anna Maria Larsen about 1861, in Maddington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 6 November 1895, in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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- Mark Burgiss, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Mark Burgess, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Mark Burgess, "Find A Grave Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1843
Historical Boundaries: 1843: Keokuk, Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Polk, Iowa, United States [Spreads into Polk and Warren counties]
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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