Burgess, Bala, Ontario 1901 onwards - Completed but still ongoing

[dollylee]

Wasn't it nice that there was a picture of him? It was one of the longest obits I have ever seen....even listed who sent flowers, who gave to what charity...amazing.

He was quite something as you say... a curious coincidence is that Camrose was once named Sparling, after a Dr. Sparling.....which is a Burgess family middle name. But the nicest part was he had grandchildren listed..........and a daughter and grandson in B.C. .......  so you need to call upon our shaded lemon friend....

If you are into pictures of graves, I have a cousin in Camrose who could possibly get a picture for you.   So, if you can wait two or three years until our snow is gone  I will see if she could get a picture.

And if you want to know who went to visit their parents and when, who got a new car and when, who drove 10 miles to visit friends for the weekend, the price of hogs, the names of bulls, or even the cost of a shirt in Camrose in 1927 ... I can fill you in on all of that.  Seems you couldn't pee in the early days without it being in that newspaper 

dollylee

[Gadget]

 

I'm going to have to study that photo carefully - see if I can enhance it in any way - he looks a bit like my grandfather.

All those names, as you say - fantastic. Pity, they didn't tell us about the funeral tea.

We got snow here - all of 3 inches and rising!

I'll try and print out the obit on aged newsprint to make it look authentic* 


Gadget

* 14 screen shots to get the whole obituary - now got to get them all together 

[LemonMallie]

I can't find a Burgess/MacLean marriage but they likely married in Alberta.  I did find a possible death for Kathleen Margaret MacLean, died in Burnaby in 1979 aged 72.  I'll add her to my lookup list.  I couldn't find anything for Keith and James MacLean produced too many results but Kathleen's death reg might provide some additional clues.

And Gadget,  I have to say a super sized thank you for the cameo of my great-gran.  It is absolutely beautiful and all the more special as now I actually have a clear photo of her!  I think you have overpaid your debt so I still owe you a few lookups!

Thanks again,
Lynwen

[J.J.]

EEK Screenshots, gadget? Would it not let you save to file when right clicked? I just got a 290 d.p.i save of it, and it's a good size, probably original... not bad for a newspaper scan...beats the 96 you'd get on monitor shot...
Let me know if you me to email? J.J.

OOOOHHHHHHHH...you've got snow? I can show you ten times that amount, wethinks!   

Dolly...only three years til it melts?    Perpetuating that old "canada ia cold" theory...Don't know where they get that from...Heck, I'm planting flowers...Indoors mind you, but they'll be ready for outdoors come May...hehe

[Gadget]

I'll e-mail what I have J.J. (I'm sure I have your e-mail somewhere? ) I wanted to get a decent photo of JK which was what started it off. The right click does work but I didn't think it was clear enough!  Mr Gadget now sending it to one of our (retired) journalist pals in Ontario 

Thanks for all that looking, Lynwen 

[LemonMallie]

Well, my luck ran out today.  The death reg for Kathleen Margaret MacLean was not a match and I can't find any other possible matches in the BC Vital Events Index.  I checked Mountain View Cemetery but they don't appear to be there either.  I wonder if they returned to Alberta???  Do you think they might have a family plot in Camrose as well??

Lynwen

[Gadget]

It could well be, Lynwen, or would she have gone to the US?  We know that she was in Vancouver in 'Feb 1951 (as Mrs Keith McLean) and she was born April 1906.

We also know from Dolly's great obituary find  that James K had 3 grandchildren  - James and Thomas Burgess in Camrose (sons of Alexander E who seems to have continued in his fathe's footsteps)  and James McLean in Vancouver.

Thank you for all that looking. I am ovewhelmed by all of your kindnesses.


Gadget

[Gadget]

Just going through the list of Thomas's children, the only one that seems to have disappeared after 1901 is Mary Elizabeth, b. 28 May 1876, Bala,  Ontario. (as May E on the 1901 but Mary on all others)  I'll do some more searches for her and then sort them all out.

Gadget

[Gadget]

I think this is a final summary of what we've found. I've not put in the deaths of spouse.


Thomas Burgess, b. Kells, Kirkcudbrightshire Sept 1823 d. April 27 1901 Bala, Ontario m Margaret McTaggart b.c. 1841 d. Dec 19 1877,Bala, Ontario

Children~

Euphemia Colthard,b Oct 28 1862/3 d. Mar 26 1915  m Alfred Jackson (farmer), 1886 (Bala in 1911)
children ~
Gordon Burgess, b. Sept 1888 (barrister)  - m. Florence Estelle Jackson 12 April 1919, Georgetown, Halton
Alfred Jack,  b. March 1891
Ernest Lorne, b. Aug 15 1892 d August 10 1971. (electrician) m Laura Mabel Yeomans 14 Sept 1920, York
Stewart , b. Feb 1895
Wilfred ,  b. June 1897
Thomas, b. April 1902


Alexander McTaggart,(physician) b. 9 Nov 1864 did not marry d.  1828  (Bala in 1911)

Thomas (lumber merchant-resort keeper) , b. 26 Feb 1866 d 1937 Bala, Ont ,  m Isabella Spence McTavish, 1894  (Bala in 1911)
children ~
Edith Muriel, b. 3 Mar 1895 m Thomas Jewitt, 1915, Bala
Helen Mary Falls, b. 1 July 1899 d. 1968  m Charles Roushorne, 1920, Bala
Katherine Isabel ,b. Nov 1905 d. 1935 m Harold  Samuel White, 1924, Toronto
Alison, July 1910  m.  (E Walter Gidley)

Catherine/Katherine Wiilkinson, b. June 1867 d. 1937, Bala, Ont  m William Carr, (farmer)  1895
children ~
Douglas, b. Feb 7 1898 d. June 22 1957 m Pansy A Colbourne
James,b. Oct 1901
(Mary) Kathleen, b. June 1904
Stanley W, b. June 1908/9

Samuel Spalding, b. 19 Mar 1869  d. 13 Sept 1937 (general storekeeper)(log scaler on death cert)   m  Rose E Huggett, 1906  (Vancouver in 1911)
children ~
Thomas Edwin, b. Dec 1907 d. 21 Sept 1972 (VP, B.C Forest Products) m Dorothy Muriel ?
R E Burgess?
Beatrice Adele b. June 1910 d. May 1 2003  m. Edward Jervis Russell

Donald, May 1871 d. FEb 23 1959 (carpenter) m  Agnes Maria Axworthy, 1900  (Kootenay, B.C in 1901) (South Vancouver in 1911)
children ~
Agnes Maria, b.August 1901 d.May 2 1975 (journalist)  m. Robert Walter Amess  children ~ Heather m. ? Cross

James Kennedy, b. 19 Aug 1871 d Feb 14 1951 (barrister)  m Esther Miller, 1905  (Alberta in 1911/1916)
children ~
Katherine M, b. April 1906 m Keith Mclean - children - James McLean
Alex E, b. Jan 1908   m ? - children - Thomas and James Burgess


John William, b. 18 April 1873 d 10 April 1951, Bala, Ontario (merchant) m. Katherine McTaggart Esplin/Esplen, 1906 (Bala in 1911)
children ~
Katherine M, b. May 1909


Mary Elizabeth, b. 28 May 1876 (Bala in 1901) (not found after 1901)


Margaret, b. 19 Dec 1877 d. Nov 2 1952  m Albert Martin (mechanical engineer) in 1905 (Vancouver in 1911)
children~
Jean Elizabeth, b. Mar 1905
Albert Murray,  b. Sept 1910


Thank  you all, once again, for all your help.


Gadget