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Margaret Burgess 1878 – 1978 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 28 MAY 1878

Birth Location: Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland

Death Date: BEF 1978

Death Location: (Scotland)

Father: Adam Burgess

Mother: Janet Anderson

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Margaret Burgess was born in 1878 in Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland, the child of Adam Burgess and Janet Anderson. Margaret Burgess passed away in 1978 in (Scotland).

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Biography

  • Margaret Burgess was born in 1878 in Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland, the child of Adam Burgess and Janet Anderson.
  • Margaret Burgess passed away in 1978 in (Scotland).

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Margaret Burgess's Ancestors

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Margaret Burgess
1878 – 1978
Birth Place: Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Parents
Adam Burgess
1826 – 1917
Dunrossness, Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Island, Scotland
Janet Anderson
1842 – 1907
Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Grandparents
John Anderson
1800 – 1900
Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Janet Sutherland
1800 – 1859
Nesting, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Gilbert Sutherland
1771 – 1856
Mary Nicolson
1776 – 1841
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Burgess's Timeline

2 Records

1878
28 MAY 1878
Birth of Margaret Burgess in Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland
Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland
1978
BEF 1978
Age 100
Death of Margaret Burgess in (Scotland)
(Scotland)

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 28 MAY 1878
    Event Place: Upswell, Quarff, Shetland Islands, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: BEF 1978
    Event Place: (Scotland)

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