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Gerry Leroy Burgess 1880 – 1962 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Sep 1880

Birth Location: New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 18 Aug 1962

Death Location: Branson, Taney, Missouri, USA

Father: Amos Burgess

Mother: Anna Eacret

Spouse(s): Eliza Kinyon

Children(s): Glenn Burgess, Lester Burgess, Sylvester Burgess, Hershel Burgess, Rosezella Burgess

Gerry Leroy Burgess was born in 1880 in New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA, the child of Amos Reynolds Burgess and Anna Mirta Eacret. Gerry Leroy Burgess married Eliza Leora Kinyon, and had children including Glenn Chester Burgess, Lester Roscoe Burgess, Sylvester LaVerne Burgess, Hershel Deward Burgess, Rosezella Mae Burgess. Gerry Leroy Burgess passed away in 1962 in Branson, Taney, Missouri, USA.

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Biography

  • Gerry Leroy Burgess was born in 1880 in New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA, the child of Amos Reynolds Burgess and Anna Mirta Eacret.
  • Gerry Leroy Burgess married Eliza Leora Kinyon, and had children including Glenn Chester Burgess, Lester Roscoe Burgess, Sylvester LaVerne Burgess, Hershel Deward Burgess, Rosezella Mae Burgess.
  • Gerry Leroy Burgess passed away in 1962 in Branson, Taney, Missouri, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Amos Burgess
1853 – 1928
Birth Location: Westville, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
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Anna Eacret
1857 – 1947
Birth Location: Jennings, Indiana, USA
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Spouses(s)

Eliza Kinyon
1889 – 1968
Birth Location: Forsythe, Taney, Missouri, USA
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Children(s)

Glenn Burgess
1906 – 1987
Birth Location: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
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Lester Burgess
1908 – 1974
Birth Location: Fernald, Story, Iowa, USA
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Sylvester Burgess
1911 – 1965
Birth Location: Adel, Dallas, Iowa, USA
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Hershel Burgess
1914 – 1978
Birth Location: Adel, Dallas, Iowa, USA
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Rosezella Burgess
1917 – 2007
Birth Location: Iowa, USA
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Gerry Burgess's Ancestors

Self
Gerry Burgess
1880 – 1962
Birth Place: New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA
Parents
Amos Reynolds Burgess
1853 – 1928
Westville, LaPorte, Indiana, USA
Anna (Mirta) Eacret
1857 – 1947
Jennings, Indiana, USA
Grandparents
Orrin Burgess
1816 – 1900
New York, USA
Sarah Reynolds
1817 – 1905
Orange, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
Benjamin Reynolds
1779 – 1856
Anna Cornell
1786 – 1870
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Daniel Cornell
1760 – 1854
Elizabeth Birdsall
1760 – 1799

Gerry Burgess's Descendants

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Gerry (Leroy) Burgess (6 Sep 1880 – 18 Aug 1962) m. Eliza (Leora) Kinyon (16 Sep 1889 – 15 Aug 1968)
  1. 1. Glenn (Chester) Burgess (13 Jun 1906 – 3 Sep 1987) m. Lillian (Frances) Dillingham (12 Sep 1906 – 5 Dec 1957)
  2. 2. Lester (Roscoe) Burgess (8 Mar 1908 – 6 Jul 1974) m. Irma (Louise) Baker (7 Aug 1905 – 21 Dec 1909)
  3. 3. Sylvester (LaVerne) Burgess (25 Jan 1911 – 16 Oct 1965) m. Elizabeth (Mae) Rater (27 Feb 1916 – 21 Mar 2002)
    1. 1. Martin (Sylvester) Burgess (3 Aug 1942 – 22 Dec 2004)
  4. 4. Hershel (Deward) Burgess (13 Nov 1914 – 21 Sep 1978) m. Retha (June) Reynolds (1919 – 1956)
    1. 1. Gerry (R) Burgess (1940 – )
  5. 5. Rosezella (Mae) Burgess (25 Jan 1917 – 29 Jun 2007) m. Carl (Morris) Holland (1 Jun 1917 – 24 Dec 1982)

Gerry Burgess's Timeline

2 Records

1880
6 Sep 1880
Birth of Gerry Leroy Burgess in New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA
New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA
1962
18 Aug 1962
Age 82
Death of Gerry Leroy Burgess in Branson, Taney, Missouri, USA
Branson, Taney, Missouri, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Sep 1880
    Event Place: New Durham, La Porte, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 Aug 1962
    Event Place: Branson, Taney, Missouri, USA
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