Nelson Burgess (1849 - 1910)

Born 29 Aug 1849 in Vaughan, York County, Canada West

Ancestors

Husband of Edith Huldah (Glover) Burgess — married 1878 in Ontario, Canada

Died 10 Oct 1910 at age 61 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Nelson was born in 1849. He is the son of Richard Burgess and Ellen Arnold.

When Nelson and Edith married in 1878 he was postmaster, ran a general store, including tailoring and was described in the 1881 Canada Census as a merchant. After their marriage, they ran the 100 acre farm of the Glovers, then ran a general store with partners in Aylmer. Nelson is called a Boot and Shoe Dealer in the 1891 Census, and a Carriage Agent in the 1901 Census. They retired to Toronto.

Burial Union United Church Cemetery, Union, Yarmouth Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada

Sources

• 1851 Census, Canada West, York County, Vaughan (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 329 line 44, Nelson Burgess, Place of Birth Canada, Religion W. Meth [Methodist], Age next birth day 3, Male
• FamilySearch.org "Canada Census, 1851," database, FamilySearch, Nelson Burgess, Vaughan, York County, Canada West (Ontario), Canada; citing p. 329, line 44; Library and Archives Canada film number C_11759, Public Archives, Ontario [1]

• 1861 Census, Canada West, Elgin, Dorchester South (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 33 line 30 Nelson Burgess , Place of Birth U C [Upper Canada], Religion W M [Wesleyan Methodist], Age next Birth Day 12, Male, single, Frame house 1 storey 1 family built 1849
• FamilySearch.org "Ontario Census, 1861," database, FamilySearch, Nelson Burgess, Dorchester, Elgin, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 33, line 30; Library and Archives Canada film number C-1018-1019, Public Archives, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,435,843 [2]

• 1871 Census, Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Dorchester South (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 37 line 2 Burgess Nelson, Male, Age 21, Country or Province of Birth Ont [Ontario], Religion E M [Episcopalian Methodist], Origin Irish, Farmer
• FamilySearch.org "Canada Census, 1871," database, FamilySearch, Nelson Burgess, South Dorchester, East Elgin, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 37, line 2; Library and Archives Canada film number C-9889, Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 4,396,287 [3]

• 1881 Census, Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Springfield (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 11 line 4 Burgess Nelson age 31
• FamilySearch.org "Canada Census, 1881," database, FamilySearch, Nelson Burgess, Springfield, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada; citing p. 10; Library and Archives Canada film number C-13266, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 1,375,902. [4]

• 1891 Census, Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Aylmer (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 19 line 20 Burgess, Nelson age 41 … Boot / Shoe Dealer
• FamilySearch.org "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch, Nelson Burgess, Aylmer, Elgin East, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148135 [5]

• 1901 Census, Canada, Ontario, Elgin East, Aylmer (Library and Archives Canada) census photo page 12 line 36 Burgess Nelson age 47 … Carriage Agent
• FamilySearch.org "Canada Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch, Nelson Burges in household of Huldah Hill, A, Elgin (east/est), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 12, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa. [6]

• FamilySearch.org "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," database with images, FamilySearch, Nelson E. Burgess, 10 Oct 1910; citing Toronto, York, Ontario, yr 1910 cn 5411, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,854,623 record of death photo

• Canada Gen Web's Cemetery Project, Photo Nancy Ross-Hill gravestone photo

• Rainham Builders: Anabaptist Family Construction on the North Shore of Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada website [7]