Raymond Paul Burgess

Brief Life History of Raymond Paul

When Raymond Paul Burgess was born on 3 April 1908, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, Napoleon Paul Bourget, was 42 and his mother, Marie Alice Regina Leclerc, was 34. He married Elizabeth H Mecham on 24 November 1932. He lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1910. He died on 1 April 1968, at the age of 59.

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Raymond Paul Burgess
1908–1968
Elizabeth H Mecham
1902–1999
Marriage: 24 November 1932

Sources (6)

  • Raymond P Burgess, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Raymond Paul Burgess, "Minnesota, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
  • Raymond Burgess, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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1909 · The NAACP is formed

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1914 · The Man With The First Air Conditioned Home

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1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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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