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Please can anyone help, I am researching William and Ellen Burgess who emigrated to SA from Buckinghamshire and Middlesex England between 1901 and 1911. I think they went firstly to Wynberg and later lived near Table top mountain. They took with them 4 daughters Eliza, Mary Ann, Elizabeth May (Lizzie) and Rose Annie. I also believe that William's brother James Burgess and family emigrated to SA at a similar time as James's son also called James (William) Burgess died in Durban in 1942 leaving a wife Ada Ellen Lamb and son Samuel E Burgess. I wonder if William or any of these other people may mean anything to you. I'm finding it so hard to make any headway on my SA family.
Kind regards
Maggs England UK

Try clicking on "Search" at the top right of this page. Then "Search All Member Trees". Input your ancestor details and if anyone else is searching for them it will show up as a match. You can then try contacting the person in whose tree they are. Unfortunately, don't always expect a reply, there are many reasons why you might not get one.

"This was on a recent thread in answer to another SA query -

"If you haven't found the information you are looking for, may I suggest you contact a South African researcher Heather McAlister: [email protected]

She offer a very affordable and quick service."

Is this the family in 1901?


1901 England Census about William Burgess
Name: William Burgess
Age: 38
Estimated birth year: abt 1863
Relation to Head: Head
Gender: Male
Spouse: Ellen Burgess
Birth Place: Tayford, Berkshire, England
Civil Parish: Norwood
Ecclesiastical parish: St John
Town: Southall
County/Island: Middlesex
Country: England
Street address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status:

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Registration district: Uxbridge
Sub-registration district: Hayes
ED, institution, or vessel: 11
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 1182
Folio: 5
Page Number: 2
Household schedule number: 10
Household Members:
Name Age
William Burgess 38
Ellen Burgess 37
Eliza Burgess 13
Roseannie Burgess 6
Lizzie Burgess 3

There are indexes to various records on NASA (National Archives South Africa). Have no idea how you go about getting copies of the actual records.

This is the link for searches
http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za/sm300cv/smws/sm300gi?201405131947125E79B569%26DB%3DRSAE

I put in Burgess Elizabeth May and got this:

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 8596/59
PART 1
DESCRIPTION LEDERLE, HENRY RILEY.
STARTING 19590000
ENDING 19590000
REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE ELIZABETH MAY LEDERLE (BORN BURGESS).

So, it's possible that Elizabeth May Burgess married a Henry Riley Lederle who died 1959.

There's a whole list of contacts on this link, it's not clear which one you contact about the results of record searches
http://www.national.archives.gov.za/index.htm

A similar result for Rose Annie Burgess

DEPOT TAB
SOURCE MHG
TYPE LEER
VOLUME_NO 0
SYSTEM 01
REFERENCE 2406/48
PART 1
DESCRIPTION GRAY, JOHN.
STARTING 19480000
ENDING 19480000
REMARKS SURVIVING SPOUSE ROSE ANNIE GRAY (BORN BURGESS).

Hello Maggs and welcome to the Community Boards.



I will let Maggs know that she has replies to her query :-)

http://www.eggsa.org/library/main.php?g2_itemId=269174

(could be James above?)

Chris :)

PM of thanks from Maggs -

Hi,
Many thanks for your reply to plea for help. You have found the right family but sometime between 1901 census and 1911 they emigrated to SA. Thats where the trail went cold. Thanks very much for your help.
Kind regards
Maggs