Henry Augustus Burwell (1860 - 1863)

Born 19 Jan 1860 in Waterloo Dockhouse, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Died 12 Oct 1863 at age 3 in At Sea

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Biography

Henry Burwell died young.

Henry "Harry" was born on 19 January 1860^[1]. He was the son of Albert Burwell and Elizabeth Rea. His father was a Master Mariner.

He was baptised at Our Lady and St Nicholas with St Anne in the City of Liverpool:

Christening Date: 1 May 1860

Christening Place: St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Birth Date: 19 January 1860

Father's Name: Albert Henry Burwell

Mother's Name: Elizabeth^[2]

Baptism: 1 May 1860 St Nicholas, Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Henry Augustus Burwell - [Child] of Albert Henry Burwell & Elizabeth

Born: 19 Jan 1860

Abode: Waterloo Dock House

Occupation: Mariner

Baptised by: Richard Titley Off. Min.

Register: Baptisms 1856 - 1865 from the Bishop's Transcripts, Page 23, :Entry 844

Source: LDS Film 1068892^[3]

When Harry was just a baby he travelled with his father and mother to the United States. It is there 6 month old Harry is enumerated in the household of his grandparents Albert (52) and Sarah Burwell (45) in the US Census of 1860 at Chelsea, Suffolk, Massachusetts, along with his father Albert (27) and mother Lilly (27), his uncles Augustus (25), Isaac (10) and Edward (6) Burwell, and his aunt Emma Burwell (19). Also in the household was one servant, 16 year old Delia Oliver.

By the Census of 1861 he was back in England:

England and Wales Census, 1861: Recorded in the household of his grandparents Henry (63) and Sarah Rea (57) in Waterloo Road, Liverpool, Lancashire, England. Aged 1. Also in the household were his unmarried aunts Sarah Rea (23) and Hannah Rea (18), and two servants.

Tragically Harry passed away in 1863 on board the ship Brennan (recorded in his father's diary) on the passage from Bremerhaven, Germany to Southampton, England, after contracting scarlet fever. He was just 3 years of age (his sister Sarah "Sissy" died soon after, also from scarlet fever).

DEATHS.

BURWELL.- Oct. 12, on board the screw-steamer New York, during her passage from Bremen to Southampton, in his 4th year, Henry Augustus, only son of Mr. Albert H. Burwell, of Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S.A.^[4]

He was buried on 16 October 1863 at St James Garden Cemetery, Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. Grave 945C^[5][6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHPB-7QJ : 4 November 2017), Henry Augustus Burwell, 19 Jan 1860; citing Birth, , Liverpool, , England, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 482,889.
2. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JWJP-J4Z : accessed 8 March 2015), Albert Henry Burwell in entry for Henry Augustus Burwell, 01 May 1860; citing , reference ; FHL microfilm 93,835.
3. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/Liverpool/Liverpool-Central/stnicholas/baptisms_1860-1863.html
4. ↑ Liverpool Albion 19 October 1863, Pg 3, https://search.findmypast.co.uk/ (requires subscription).
5. ↑ England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 for Henry Augustus Burwell Liverpool Record Office; Liverpool, Merseyside, England; Liverpool Cemetery Registers; Reference: 352 CEM 3/1/7. England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016 Ancestry.com Accessed on ancestry.com, Nov 2021.
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6. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/233880108/henry-augustus-burwell : accessed 10 November 2021), memorial page for Henry Augustus “Harry” Burwell (19 Jan 1860–12 Oct 1863), Find A Grave: Memorial #233880108, citing St James Garden Cemetery, Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England ; Maintained by lindylou631 (contributor 49254308)

• His Father's Ship's diary

• http://www.stjamescemetery.co.uk/

Census Records

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZCL-LFG : 14 December 2017), Henry A Burwell in entry for Albert A Burwell, 1860.

• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7P8-F9F : 13 December 2017), Henry A Burwell in household of Henry Red, Liverpool, Lancashire, England; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census,"