Individual Details
James H. Burgess
(3 Feb 1845 - 1934)
Events
| Birth | 3 Feb 1845 | Old Town, Penobscot, Maine |  | ||
| Census | 1 Jun 1850 | Old Town, Penobscot, Maine |  | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1860 | Old Town, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1870 | Old Town, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Marriage | 13 Nov 1872 | Sarah Greeley Gibbs | |||
| Census | 1 Jun 1880 | Corinna, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jun 1900 | 77 James Street, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Jan 1910 | 239 Hammond Street, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 15 Apr 1910 | 77 James Street, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Census | 1 Apr 1930 | West Corinth Road, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine | | | |
| Death | 1934 | ||||
| Burial | Mount Hope Cemetery, Bangor, Penobscot, Maine |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Greeley Gibbs (1850 - 1914) |
| Child | Charles H. Burgess (1874 - 1944) |
| Child | James Frederick Burgess (1879 - 1939) |
| Father | Capt. James H. Burgess (1810 - 1865) |
| Mother | Lucy Ann Donnell Trott (1813 - 1870) |
Notes
Census
James Burgess was enumerated in the household of James H. Burgess [father], age 5, male, born in Maine, and had attended school within the year.Census
James H. Burgess was enumerated in the household of James H. Burgess [father], age 15, male, and was born in Maine.Census
James H. Burgess was enumerated as head of household, age 25, male, white, clerk in pension office, owned real estate valued at $1000 and personal estate valued at $500, born in Maine, and was a male citizen of U.S. of 21 years of age and upwards. Other members of the household were his siblings: Emma F. Burgess, Lucy A. Burgess, and George H. Burgess.Census
James H. Burgess, white, male, age 35, married, lawyer, tick mark indicating he was maimed, crippled, bedridden or otherwise disabled, born in Maine, father born in Maine, and mother born in Maine. Other members of his household were Sarah G. Burgess (wife), Chas. H. Burgess (son), and Fred J. Burgess (son).Census
James H. Burgess was enumerated as head of household, white, male, date of birth was Feby 1845, age 55, married for 27 years, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, lawyer, 1 month not employed, can read, can write, can speak English, and home is owned free of mortgage. Other members of his household were Sarah G. Burgess (wife), Charles H. Burgess (son), James F. Burgess (son), and Catherine Driscoll (servant, white, female, date of birth was Feby 1880, age 20, single, born in Ireland, father born in Ireland, mother born in Ireland, servant, 2 months not employed, can read, can write, and can speak English.Census
James H. Burgess was enumerated in the household of Charles H. Burgess, father, male, white, age 74, widowed, able to read, able to write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, lawyer for law office, and working for own account.Census
James H. Burgess was enumerated as head of household, male, white, age 65, married (one time) for 37 years, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, lawyer in general practice, working for own account, able to read, able to write, and home is owned free of mortgage. The other member of his household was Sarah G. Burgess (wife).Census
James H. Burgess was enumerated in the household of Harriet H. B. Perkins, boarder, female [discepancy], white, age 85, widowed, able to read and write, born in Maine, father born in Maine, mother born in Maine, able to speak English, lawyer, wage worker, and not actually at work yesterday. Other boarders in the household were Olivia Enberry and Ralph Holmes.Endnotes
1. Ruth Gray, editor, Vital Records of Old Town, Maine Prior to 1892, Maine Genealogical Society, Special Publication No. 26 (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1997), 23.
2. 1850 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Old Town, 456, dwelling 168, family 180, line 34, James Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M432, 1009 rolls.
3. 1860 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Old Town, p. 2, dwelling 9, family 8, line 1, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls.
4. 1870 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Old Town, p. 72, dwelling 459, family 525, line 8, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls.
5. 1880 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinna, enumeration district (ED) 14, p. 1, dwelling 1, family 1, line 1, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls.
6. 1900 U.S. census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 77, sheet no. 5A, dwelling 99, family 114, line 16, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T623, 1854 rolls.
7. 1920 U.S. census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet no. 2A, dwelling 22, family 25, line 6, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls.
8. 1910 U.S. Census, Penobscot County, Maine, population schedule, City of Bangor, Ward 4, enumeration district (ED) 142, sheet 6A, dwelling 115, family 129, line 9, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls.
9. 1930 U.S. census, Somerset County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Corinna, enumeration district (ED) 10-35, sheet 5A, dwelling 97, family 100, line 5, James H. Burgess; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : accessed 1 June 2020); Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626, 2,667 rolls..