Henry
Burgess
Born [location unknown]
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Rood) Burgess
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 55
in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Jun 2021
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Biography
Henry was one of Latour's migrants who came to Western Australia with his wife and four children on the Britannia, arriving on 5 May 1830.[1]
He was granted 200 acres at Large Lakes near Perth, where his sons farmed.[1]
Henry was convicted of larceny on 24 July 1833 but bought town lots in 1835 and a timber licence 1842 and operated as a miller and sawyer.[1]
His wife had left him by 1837 and was living with John George Stubberfield.[1]
He employed six Ticket of Leave men from 1851-1856 at Perth.[1]
Henry died on 1 February 1859 in the Colonial Hospital, Perth.[2][3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 The Bicentennial dictionary of Western Australians, pre-1829-1888. [compiled by Rica Erickson], https://www.friendsofbattyelibrary.org.au/bicentennial-dictionary
- ↑ "Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTCZ-K3Y : 28 January 2020), Henry Burgess, 1859.
- ↑ https://www.eastperthcemeteries.com.au/index.php/explore/burial-search/burialsite/127716
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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