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John Edwin “Edwin” Burgess

Male 1831 - 1912  (80 years)


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  • Name John Edwin Burgess 
    Nickname Edwin 
    Birth 26 Mar 1831  Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Farmer 
    Death 12 Jan 1912  Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lakeville Presbyterian Cemetery, Lakeville, NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1611  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2012 

    Father Stephen Burgess,   b. 2 Nov 1792, Woodville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jun 1879, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Nesbit,   b. 1800   d. 2 Oct 1883, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 21 Mar 1821 
    Family ID F789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Mary Elizabeth Cogswell,   b. 27 May 1840, Cornwallis, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1872, Woodville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Marriage 1 Feb 1872  Chester, Lunenburg , NS Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics (novascotiagenealogy.com)
      Marrage on 1 Feb 1872 in Chester of John Edwin Burgess, farmer, age 35, born and resident of Cornwallis to Stephen (a farmer) & Elizth Burgess and Mary Elizabeth Cogswell, age 26, Gideon (a farmer) & Lucilla Cogswell, resident of Cornwallis.
    Children 
     1. Baby Girl Burgess,   b. 28 Jun 1872, Woodville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Jun 1872, Woodville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F393  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2012 

    Family 2 DeVilla Rhuland,   b. 1854, Nova Scotia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Scott Burgess,   b. 28 Mar 1876, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Charles Benjamin Burgess,   b. 5 Oct 1877, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Julia Elizabeth Burgess,   b. 3 Oct 1880, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Laura Robinette Burgess,   b. 13 May 1882, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Agnes Augusta Burgess,   b. 1 Jul 1883, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary Pennington Burgess,   b. 5 Jul 1887, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Grace DeVere Burgess,   b. 1 Jan 1889, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. James Edwin Burgess,   b. 27 Jan 1890, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
     9. Enoch Lamont Burgess,   b. 25 Dec 1893, Lakeville, Kings, NS Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F790  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2012 

  • Histories
    Excerpts from the 'Descendents of Edward Perkins'
    Excerpts from the "Descendents of Edward Perkins"

  • Notes 
    • Burgess Genealogy indicates that Mary Cogswell has the children of Edwin Burgess. More likely Devilla Burgess was the mother of these children.

  • Sources 
    1. [S75] Burgess, Barry Hovey, Burgess genealogy : Kings County, Nova Scotia, branch of the descendants of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, (C.E. Fitchett, 1941, New York, NY), 32.

    2. [S73] Canadian Census 1881, Roll: 13173, Page: 2.

    3. [S76] Lisa Nicol, The Russell/Nicol Family Tree, I5704 for John Edwin Burgess.

    4. [S27] Various Arthurs, IGI Individual Record, (Church of Latter Day Saints), for Mary E. Cogswell.