Burgess, Rebecca
1882 - 1987 (105 years)
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Name Burgess, Rebecca [1] Born 27 Feb 1882 Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
[1, 2] Gender Female Find A Grave Memorial 13874323 Occupation 1901 [3] Servant Residence 1901 Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada [3] Residence 1911 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada [4] 1825 8th Avenue Residence 1 Jun 1921 Langley, British Columbia, Canada [1] Died 21 Nov 1987 Langley, British Columbia, Canada [5, 6] Buried Murrayville, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Murrayville Cemetery
Person ID I6297 Sullivan Burgess Family Tree | William Burgess 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 [7] Minister Reverend Alexander Sanson, Church of England Witness James Hewitt of Don Mills Family ID F93 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Smith, Thomas, b. Oct 1874, Toronto, Ontario, Canada , d. Bef 1958, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 83 years) Married 1 Oct 1901 Eburne, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada Children + 1. Smith, Zelma Isadore, b. 4 Dec 1903, British Columbia, Canada , d. 28 Mar 1993, Langley, British Columbia, Canada (Age 89 years) [natural]2. Smith, Royden Thomas, b. Jan 1906, British Columbia, Canada , d. 1996, British Columbia, Canada (Age ~ 89 years) [natural]3. Smith, Wilfred George, b. Oct 1908, British Columbia, Canada , d. British Columbia, Canada [natural]Last Modified 15 Sep 2018 Family ID F2333 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 27 Feb 1882 - Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Residence - 1901 - Todmorden, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Married - 1 Oct 1901 - Eburne, Richmond, British Columbia, Canada 
Residence - 1825 8th Avenue - 1911 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 
Residence - 1 Jun 1921 - Langley, British Columbia, Canada Died - 21 Nov 1987 - Langley, British Columbia, Canada 
Buried - - Murrayville, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada = Link to Google Earth
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Photos Burgess, Rebecca
Documents 
Burgess, Rebecca Birth Record 
Burgess, Rebecca and Thomas Smith Marriage Record 
Burgess, Rebecca 1911 Census 
Burgess, Rebecca 1921 Census
Headstones 
Burgess, Rebecca Grave Stone
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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Sources - [S590] 1921 Canadian Census, taken June 1, 1921, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 16; Census Place: Langley, New Westminster, British Columbia; Page Number: 3.
Record for Rebecca Smith - [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
- [S33] 1901 Canadian Census, taken March 31, 1901.
- [S691] 1911 Canadian Census, taken June 1, 1911.
- [S62] Betty Burgess Sullivan.
- [S71] British Columbia, Canada Archives.
- [S1] Ontario: Birth, Death and Marriage Records.
Family History Library Microfilm: 1030065 and 1030066
- [S590] 1921 Canadian Census, taken June 1, 1921, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 16; Census Place: Langley, New Westminster, British Columbia; Page Number: 3.