Burgess, James Johnathan
1878 - 1945 (66 years)
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Name Burgess, James Johnathan [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] Born 10 Jun 1878 Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
[5, 7, 8, 10] Gender Male Find A Grave Memorial 13915171 Occupation Carpenter [8] Religion 1881 [11] Church of England Residence 1881 East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [11] Origin 1881 [11] English Residence 1901 East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [12] Residence 1911 East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [13] Residence 1 Jun 1921 Toronto, Ontario, Canada [8] 175 King Edward Avenue Residence 1924 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Meagher Avenue Religion 1945 [14] Protestant Died 21 Jan 1945 Youngstown, Hanna, Alberta, Canada Buried Youngstown, Hanna, Alberta, Canada - Yongestown Cemetery
Person ID I63 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | William Burgess Descendant, Mary and David Thomson Descendant Last Modified 15 Sep 2018
Father Burgess, John James, b. 26 Oct 1837, Ancoats, Lancashire, England , d. 6 Feb 1918, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Purchase, Elizabeth, b. 1847, d. 24 Apr 1884, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 37 years) Relationship natural Married 9 Aug 1867 Don Mills, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [15] Minister Reverend Alexander Sanson, Church of England Witness James Hewitt of Don Mills Family ID F93 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Sanderson, Mary Hannah, b. 24 Apr 1880, East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 9 May 1913, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 33 years) Married 6 Jul 1898 Toronto, Ontario, Canada [5, 16] Minister S. Dempster Witness Agnes Vauce of Toronto Witness John Kidd of Toronto Children + 1. Burgess, Laura Mae, b. 21 Nov 1899, Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 18 Sep 1985, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 85 years) [natural]+ 2. Burgess, James Melville, b. 15 Jun 1901, Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 2 Feb 1952, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 50 years) [natural]+ 3. Burgess, Alberta Mildred, b. 19 Nov 1903, Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. 22 Jan 2000, Youngstown, Hanna, Alberta, Canada (Age 96 years) [natural]Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F24 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Scrimshaw, Muriel Samantha, b. 6 Jul 1902, d. 21 Jun 1986, Ontario, Canada (Age 83 years) Married 21 May 1920 Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada [10] Children + 1. Burgess, Arthur Burtram, b. 21 Nov 1921, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada , d. 15 Apr 1979, Ontario, Canada (Age 57 years) [natural]+ 2. Burgess, Gertrude Elizabeth, b. 23 Dec 1922, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada , d. 6 Nov 2013, Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada (Age 90 years) [natural]Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F55 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 10 Jun 1878 - Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Residence - 1881 - East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Married - 6 Jul 1898 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1901 - East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1911 - East York, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Married - 21 May 1920 - Belleville, Hastings, Ontario, Canada Residence - 175 King Edward Avenue - 1 Jun 1921 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada Residence - Meagher Avenue - 1924 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Died - 21 Jan 1945 - Youngstown, Hanna, Alberta, Canada Buried - - Youngstown, Hanna, Alberta, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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Headstones 
Burgess, James Johnathan resting place
Family Crest 
Burgess Family Crest
This interesting surname is of Old French origin, and derives from the Middle English "burge(i)s", a development of the Old French "burgeis" meaning inhabitant and freeman of a fortified town, especially one with municipal rights and duties. 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. In Scotland it involved payment in service, guarding the town. The surname dates back to the early 12th Century (see below), and early recordings include Ralph le1 Burgeis (1195), in the Pipe Rolls of Sussex, and Philip Burges (1220), in the Cartulary of Oseney Abbey, Oxford. Variations in the spelling of the surname include Burgis, Burgise and Borges. London Church Registers record the marriages of Davye Burges to Agnes Taylor on January 27th 1582, at St. Thomas the Apostle, and Robert Parrin Burgess to Mary Langford on February 10th 1750, at St. Bartholomew the Great. A Coat of Arms granted to a Burgess family is blue, a fesse between a crescent in chief and a rose in base, all gold. The Crest is a gold fleur-de-lis. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Geoffrey Burgeis, which was dated 1115, in the "Winton Rolls of Hampshire", during the reign of King Henry 1, known as "The Lion of Justice", 1100 - 1135. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling
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Notes - James Burgess was a Carpenter. He helped build St John's Norway Church at Main and Kingston Road, in Toronto. He also helped build William Burgess School in Toronto, which was named after his brother. He owned 8 houses but during the depression he did not make his tenants pay rent so he lost all 8 houses. James lived with his son Mel during his later years and then with his daughter Mildred, in Alberta, Canada for the last 2 years of his life. He was a hard working man with blue eyes.
Location of Cemetery is SE Quarter of Section 33 Township 29 Range 9 West of the 4th Meridian and NE Quarter of Section 28 Township 29 Range 9 West of the 4th Meridian Plot 3 Lot 23.
- James Burgess was a Carpenter. He helped build St John's Norway Church at Main and Kingston Road, in Toronto. He also helped build William Burgess School in Toronto, which was named after his brother. He owned 8 houses but during the depression he did not make his tenants pay rent so he lost all 8 houses. James lived with his son Mel during his later years and then with his daughter Mildred, in Alberta, Canada for the last 2 years of his life. He was a hard working man with blue eyes.
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Sources - [S62] Betty Burgess Sullivan.
- [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for James Mellville Burgess - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for Alberta Mildred Burgess - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for Laura Mamie Burgess - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for Muriel Samontha Scrimshaw - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for James Melville Burgess - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Record for James Burgess - [S590] 1921 Canadian Census, taken June 1, 1921, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 101; Census Place: York (Township), York South, Ontario; Page Number: 32.
Record for Muriel Burgess - [S1235] DNA.
- [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
- [S23] 1881 Canadian Census, taken April 4, 1881.
- [S33] 1901 Canadian Census, taken March 31, 1901.
- [S691] 1911 Canadian Census, taken June 1, 1911.
- [S87] Burial and Cremations Records.
- [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Family History Library Microfilm: 1030065 and 1030066 - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
and Family File
- [S62] Betty Burgess Sullivan.
