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The Burgess Family O-Z

Pamela Burgess

Born: unknown

Father: Bertram Burgess (b. 1905)

Mother: Elsie May (b. 1908)

Married: Michael Stone

Children: Jennifer (1958), Michelle, Susannah (1963), Victoria (1970) and Michael (1976)

Patricia Darlene Burgess

Born: 1960

Father: Peter Norman Burgess (1929)

Mother: Norrah Loretta Wells (23-Jan-1933)

Married: Robert Mclean

Lives in Canada

Patricia Irene Burgess

Born: 9-Mar-1941

Father: Peter Hamilton Newman Burgess (1904)

Mother: Margaret Jane Phipps (26-Dec-1905)

Married: Lionel John McWilliam on 26-Oct-1974

Children: Robert ‘Robin’ Moore and David Moore

Lives in Canada

Patricia Burgess

Born: 19/2/48

Father: John Patrick Burgess (20/8/1913 - 26/11/83)

Mother: June Cave 18/12/1943

Married: Antony Clark

Lives in New Zealand

Percy John Burgess

Born: 5/12/1890

Died: 17/4/1957

Occupation: Garage owner, Burgess & Co in South Anston

Father: John Burgess (1848-1937)

Mother: Mary Ann Coker Baker (1849-1932)

Born Kiverton Park

Peter Burgass

Born: 1753, Davenham Cheshire

Died: 16/12/1835

Father: John Hughes

Mother: Elizabeth Burgess

Married: Mary Borrows 29/9/1772

Children: John (1785-1829), Thomas, Mary & Betty

Peter Burgess

Born: 9-Aug-1818

Died: unknown

Father: John Burgess (1785-1829)

Mother: Jane Boam (1874)

Occupation: Shoemaker

Married: Margaret Long

Peter Burgess

Born: 20-Jun-1847

Died: unknown

Father: Peter Burgess (1818)

Mother: Margaret Long

Children: Mary Jane (1838), John (1841), Joseph (1843), Thomas (1845), Elizabeth (1846), Hannah (1847), Peter (1852) and Elizabeth (1862)

Peter Burgess

Born: 1876

Died: unknown

Father: John Burgess (1841)

Mother: Elizabeth Hibbert (1839)

Married: Elsie Emma Newton in 1907

Children: Arthur Hensey (1914), Harold Hibbert (1918) and Frank

Peter Hamilton Newman Burgess

Born: 14-Jun-1904

Died: 10-Oct-1978

Father: John Burgess (1878)

Mother: Virtue Annie Harris (5-Nov-1872)

Married: Margaret Jane Phipps (26-Dec-1905 - 12-Oct-1969) on 16-Sep-1926

Children: Peter Norman (1929), Annie Emma (1932), Arthur Harold (1933), Margaret Evelyn (1935), George James (1937), Frances Edna (1939), Patricia Irene (1941), Georgina Florence (1943), Robert Eric (1944) and Charles Stephen (1945)

Lived Montreal, Quebec

Peter Norman Burgess

Born: 12-Jul-1929

Father: Peter Hamilton Newman Burgess (1904)

Mother: Margaret Jane Phipps (26-Dec-1905)

Married: Norrah Loretta Wells (23-Jan-1933)

Children: Gary Norman (1952), John Steven (1954), Debbie (1956), Cheryl (1958), Patricia Darlene (1960), Lianne (1962)

Lives in Canada

Phillis May Burgess

Born: 25/5/1903

Died: 30/12/1995

Father: George Burgess (1875-1963)

Mother: Emily Empson (1871-1949)

Married: Frank Plumb (1903-1970)

Children: Clifford Gordon Plumb (b.1926) Kathleen Muriel (1931-1981)

Phillis with Frank Plumb

Rachel Emma Greensmith Burgess

Born: 25/10/1970 in Rudruth, Cornwall

Father: John Frank Burgess (6/3/1939)

Mother: Olive Hazel Wright (17/12/1939)

Married: Simon Christopher Harrison (7/3/1966) on 28/8/1993

Children: Joseph John Christopher (19/11/1997), Thomas Charles Frederick (8/5/2001) and Tobias Jack Francis (21/5/2003)

Randy Burgess

Born: 4-Feb-1964

Father: Arthur Harold Burgess (1933)

Mother: Harlene Elsie Mildred Parsons (17-Oct-1934)

Married: Lora Ann Provencale

Children: Samantha Ivy Burgess (27/3/ 1989) & Justin Michael Burgess (4/ 4/ 1991)

Lives in Canada

Richard Metcalfe Burgess

Born: 9-Apr-1955

Father: Harold Hibbert Burgess (1918)

Mother: Margaret Metcalfe

Married: unknown

Children: Andrew Richard (1978) and Helen Maya (1982)

Richard John Burgess

Born: 22-Dec-1932

Father: Edward George Burgess (25-Aug-1911)

Mother: Elizabeth Hazel Watts (1914)

Married: Mary Beverly Patricia Brossard (2-Dec-1933) on 12-Jan-1952

Lived Canada

Robert John Burgess

Born: 14-Sep-1900

Died: 25-May-1919

Father: John Burgess (1878)

Mother: Virtue Annie Harris (5-Nov-1872)

Lived Montreal, Quebec. Suspected victim of the flu pandemic

Robert Burgess

Born: 1994

Father: Kevin Burgess (b.1959)

Mother: Alison Taylor

Robert Eric Burgess

Born: 4-Aug-1944

Father: Peter Hamilton Newman Burgess (1904)

Mother: Margaret Jane Phipps (26-Dec-1905)

Married: Denise Solange Boucher (7-Mar-1947) on 13-May-1967

Children: Eric Stephane (1967) and Nathalie Sherl (1968)

Denise’s parent were Isachor Boucher (24-Dec-1885 - 30-Jul-1960) & Victoire Julienne Patience Charbonneau (7-Oct-1906 - 10-Oct-1985)

Lives in Canada

Ronald Horace Burgess

Born: 20/10/1900

Died: 27/9/1993

Occupation: Clark in Colliery

Father: George Burgess (1875-1963)

Mother: Emily Empson (1871-1949)

Married: Gwendeline Fletcher

Children: Graham (b. 1933), Keith (b. 1937), and Angela (b.1941)

Ron with John Plumb

Back Row: Ron and Gwen Burgess

Front Row: George and Emily Burgess with Graham and Keith Burgess

Ronald Murray Burgess

Born: 7/9/1946

Father: John Patrick Burgess (20/8/1913 - 26/11/83)

Mother: June Cave 18/12/1943

Married: Chris Bull on 14/7/1968

Lives in New Zealand

Five of the children of John Patrick Burgess and June Cave

L-R Christine, Patricia, Chris Burgess (nee Bull), John Alfred, Janet and Ronald Murray Burgess in 2001

Ryan Arthur Burgess

Born: 7/1/1991

Father: Myles Burgess (1962)

Mother: Angela Greco on 18/7/1986

Lives in Montreal, Canada

Samantha Ivy Burgess

Born: 27^th March 1989

Father: Randy Harold Burgess (1964)

Mother: Lora Ann Provencale

Lives in Canada

Sarah Burgess

Born: 12-Apr-1863

Died: unknown

Father: John Burgess (1841)

Mother: Elizabeth Hibbert (1839)

Sarah Burgess

Born: 1846 Youlgreave

Died: unknown

Father: Thomas Burgess (1820)

Mother: Frances Holland (1823)

Married: Lancelot Wilkinson (b. 1847 in Whingate, Durham)

Children: Oliver Wilkinson (1872), Ruth Wilkinson (1874), Annie Wilkinson (1876), Ambrose Wilkinson (1878) and Walter Wilkinson (1880)

All Born Whittingham.

Oliver Wilkinson married Kate and had Children Lancelot (1897) and Harold (1899)

Stanley Robert Burgess

Born: 12/3/1898

Died: 26/11/1987

Father: George Burgess (1875-1963)

Mother: Emily Empson (1871-1949)

Married: Susan Clarkson

No Children

L to R Back: Frank Plumb, Ronald Burgess, Susan Burgess, Stanley Burgess

Front: Gwendeline Burgess, George Burgess, Clifford Plumb, Emily Burgess, Phillis Plumb, Bertram Burgess & Prince (taken about 1930)

Terry Burgess

Born: 14/1/1991

Father: Mark Andrew Burgess (1962)

Mother: Cheryl Elaine Moor

Thelma Burgess

Born: 6/2/1940

Father: Bertram Alan Burgess (1909-1968)

Mother: Edna Betts

Married: Dr Collington

Thomas Burgess

Born: unknown, Davenham Cheshire

Died: unknown

Father: Peter Burgass (1753-1835)

Mother: Mary Borrows

Thomas Burgess

Born: 19/7/1820

Died: 22-Dec-18??

Occupation: Miner, Labourer

Father: John Burgess (1785-1829)

Mother: Jane Boam (1874)

Married: Frances Holland (1823-1899) 27/11/1842 (marriage certificate)

Children: Children: Sarah Burgess (b.1846), John Burgess (1848-1937), Alfred Burgess (b. 1851), Arthur (1855), Elizabeth Ruth Burgess (1856). Marianne Burgess (1859), Fanny (1863) and Herbert (1867)

Lived in Bakewell. Married Nov 27th 1842 in Youlgreave, Derbyshire

Thomas Burgess

Born:19-Jan-1845

Died: unknown

Father: Peter Burgess (1818)

Mother: Margaret Long

Thomas William Burgess

Born: 15/6/1872, Lyndhurst Place, Rotherham (birth certificate)

Died: 1957 in France
Father: Alfred Burgess (b. 1851)

Mother: Camilla Ann Peat (b.1847)

Occupation: Swimmer

Born Rotherham. He was the second person to swim The English Channel on September 7^th 1911 at the twelfth attempt. There was 36 years between Captain Mathew Webb first swam the Channel and in that time there were over 70 unsuccessful attempts. It was another 12 years until the third successful attempt. Burgess swam from St Margaret's Bay near Dover to Le Chatelet, east of Cap Gris Nez. It took him 22 hours and 30 minutes. He was heavily bearded, standing over 6ft. tall and weighed 15 stones.

Burgess had been making attempts year-by-year since 1904. His unsuccessful attempt in 1908 stood as a record of Channel endurance for more than 20 years. He received the congratulations of the King and the recognition of the entire country

He has a bronze bust in Sheffield Road baths Rotherham. He moved to France after channel swim to coach: he helped Gertrude Erdele to become the first woman to swim the channel on the 6^th August 1926, and advised Edward Temme the first person to swim the Channel in both directions.

Virtue Joan Maureen Burgess

Born: 21-Nov-1941

Father: Edward George Burgess (25-Aug-1911)

Mother: Elizabeth Hazel Watts (1914)

Married: Jacques Lecavalier (17-Nov-1936) on 2-Mar-1957

Children: Joan Carole Gabrielle Lecavalier (12-Sep-1957)

Lived Canada

William Thomas Burgess

Born: 7-Jul-1906

Died: 23-Jan-1981

Father: John Burgess (1878)

Mother: Virtue Annie Harris (5-Nov-1872)

Married: Alice Louisa Payne

Children: Donald (1926), Annie Louisa (1928), James William Thomas (1931), Dorothy Alice (1934) and Lillian Joan (1938).

Lived Canada

William Anthony Burgess

Born: 13-Aug-2002

Father: Eric Stephane Burgess (1967)

Mother: Chantal Jobin (26-Apr-1971)

Lives in Montreal, Canada

Winifred E Burgess

Born: 1875

Died: unknown
Father: Alfred Burgess (b. 1851)

Mother: Camilla Ann Peat (b.1847)

Married: Henry Ulrich Ruegg (insurance broker from Bow), in Jun 1897, Hanover Square

Children: Phylis Camilla (28/8/1898-Jan 1996), Charles B C (Jun 1904), Hulda M E (Mar 1902), Fritz Carl (Dec 1907) and Reginald John E (10/12/1910-Dec 1987)

Born Rotherham

Yvonne Burgess

Born: 26/10/1950?

Died: unknown

Father: Bertram Alan Burgess (1909-1968)

Mother: Edna Betts

Links:

The Plumb Family in the UK A-E

The Plumb Family in the UK F-J

The Plumb Family in the UK K-S

The Plumb Family in the UK T-Z

The Cartwright Family