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Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess 1855 – 1919 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Dec 1855

Birth Location: Alexander, North Carolina

Death Date: 21 Sep 1919

Death Location: Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina

Father: Mitchell BURGESS

Mother: Ellen Blankenship

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Claudia Taylor

The story of Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess began in 1855 in Alexander, North Carolina. Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess had children including Claudia Selma Taylor. Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess passed away in 1919 in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina.

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Biography

  • The story of Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess began in 1855 in Alexander, North Carolina.
  • Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess had children including Claudia Selma Taylor.
  • Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess passed away in 1919 in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina.

Immediate Family

Parents

Mitchell BURGESS
1833 –
Birth Location: , Alexander, North Carolina
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Ellen Blankenship
Birth Location: Alexander County North Carolina
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Claudia Taylor
1889 – 1963
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Burgess's Ancestors

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Sarah Burgess
1855 – 1919
Birth Place: Alexander, North Carolina
Parents
Mitchell BURGESS
1833 –
, Alexander, North Carolina
Ellen Blankenship
Alexander County North Carolina
Grandparents
James (L) Burgess
1799 – 1889
Taylorsville, Alexander, North Carolina, USA
Elizabeth ("Betsey") Johnson
1800 – 1882
Randolph County, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Sarah Burgess's Descendants

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Sarah (Melvina LaVina "Viny") Burgess (Dec 1855 – 21 Sep 1919)
  1. 1. Claudia (Selma) Taylor (18Aug 1889 – 06 MArch 1963)
    1. 1. Carrie Pritchard (5 July 1916 – 17 December 1999)
      1. 1. Dora Bentley (1935 – 2003) m. Robert Hanson (1938 – 1979)
        1. 1. Joseph Hanson (5 Jan 1960 – 19 Sep 2012)

Sarah Burgess's Timeline

2 Records

1855
Dec 1855
Birth of Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess in Alexander, North Carolina
Alexander, North Carolina
1919
21 Sep 1919
Age 64
Death of Sarah Melvina LaVina "Viny" Burgess in Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina
Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Dec 1855
    Event Place: Alexander, North Carolina

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Sep 1919
    Event Place: Lenoir, Caldwell, North Carolina
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