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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 12:12
	Drat...and double drat! Do you know who Alice' parents were? Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1980 Name: Norman (Clerk) & Evelyn Burgess Gender: Male Electoral Year: 1919 State: Queensland District: Oxley Subdistrict: Woolloongabba Deshon St
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 11:25
	1863/790 Brown Alice 1862/4173 Brown Alice Ellen 1866/888 Brown Alice http://tinyurl.com/yjyolxh The above are possible births for Alice. The 1863 looks promising, no middle name but that doesnt mean she wasnt given one at her baptisim
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 11:12
	Thanks Trudianne, Im not good with Oz certs! Fingers crossed then for the death cert, let us know how you get :-)
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 224 Send Message	trudianne	Report	18 Aug 2012 11:02
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 224 Send Message	lee, Gins, it doesn't always say if the parents are deceased, they might just name the parents, depends on what information is given at the time. lee, Disregard the details I posted earlier wrong family.
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Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 10:46
	Hi Lee The boys were not born after 1900 Ive posted Normans birth, cant see George birth but his death is 1906 and you say he was 10yrs when he died :-)
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 10:41
	I know there is a lot of info on Oz certificates but not sure what would be on this marriage....would it tell you if his mom was deceased? Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Norman Frederick Charles Burgess Spouse Name: Evelyn Jean Srott Marriage Date: 7 Nov 1918 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1918 Registration Number: 002802 Page Number: 262
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 10:30
	The two children were born before 1899 and there seems to be no other births. I guess you need the death certificate There is a tree at Ancestry but Im not going to post any of the info - they have the mother Alice born after the children were born :-S
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 10:29
	Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: George Burgess Death Date: 21 Jun 1906 Death Place: Queensland Father's Name: George Burgess Mother's Name: Alice Brown Registration Year: 1906 Registration Place: Queensland Registration Number: B006883 Page Number: 3337 He must have been 13yrs not 10yrs
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 10:25
	Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 about Norman Frederick Charles Burgess Name: Norman Frederick Charles Burgess Birth Date: 20 Jan 1891 Father's Name: George Burgess Mother's Name: Alice Brown Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1891 Registration Place: Queensland Page Number: 3343 Registration Number: 001408
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 224 Send Message	trudianne	Report	18 Aug 2012 10:11
Member Since: March 2008 Posts: 224 Send Message	Lee, Where was Norman born? I found George was born in Melbourne, so obviously the family moved around
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 09:55
	Come on Lee...spill! What do you think of the info I posted? :-D
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 09:35
	Australia Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: George Burgess Birth Date: 12 Dec 1867 Father's Name: Alfred Burgess Mother's Name: Margaret Hope Nicol Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1868 Registration Place: Queensland Page Number: 1908 Registration Number: 001053 Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Geo Hy Burgess Death Place: Mildura, Victoria Age: 77 Registration Year: 1944 Registration Place: Victoria Registration Number: 18853 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: February 2007 Posts: 20,445 Send Message	Gins	Report	18 Aug 2012 09:21
	What about this one? Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Alice Emily Burgess Death Date: 29 Mar 1899 Death Place: York Age: 35 Residence Place: York Registration Place: Hindmarsh, South Australia Page Number: 92 Volume Number: 260 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Spouse: George Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Alice Brown Spouse Name: George Burgess Marriage Date: 27 Oct 1890 Marriage Place: Queensland Registration Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1890 Registration Number: B014499 Page Number: 2942 She didnt use a middle name on her marriage but then again, neither did George
	Researching: You fill up my senses Like a gallon of Magnet Like a packet of Woodbines Like a good pinch of snuff Like a night out in Sheffield Like a greasy chip butty Like Sheffield United Come fill me again....Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo! Sung to 'Annies Song' (Tune)
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 18,754 Send Message	Dea	Report	18 Aug 2012 08:35
	Do you have the marriage cert for his second marriage? What does it say for his marital status - does it have him as a widower ? Dea x
Member Since: December 2007 Posts: 12 Send Message	lee77	Report	18 Aug 2012 08:13
	Alice was born in New Zealand abt 1866 she came to Australia and married George Henry Burgess 27 Oct 1890 Brisbane Qld. I am looking for her death date and place, not sure if they divorced or she died. George married again in Mildura 1921,have all info from there on. Thank you for any help
	Researching: burgess, coombe,milligan, gallacher,keenan

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