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William Garrett Burgess 1910 – 1958 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 Nov 1910

Birth Location: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan

Death Date: 24 Mar 1958

Death Location: Lansing, Eaton, Michigan, USA

Father: Garrett Burgess

Mother: Maud Bolitho

Spouse(s): Geraldine Keown

Children(s): Diann Burgess

Born in 1910 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, William Garrett Burgess was the child of Garrett M Burgess and Maud Frances Bolitho. In time, William Garrett Burgess married Geraldine Mabel Keown, and they raised a family that included Diann Lee Burgess. William Garrett Burgess died in Lansing, Eaton, Michigan, USA in 1958.

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Parents

Garrett Burgess
1890 – 1948
Birth Location: South Rockwood, Michigan
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Maud Bolitho
1888 – 1965
Birth Location: Michigan, United States
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Spouses(s)

Geraldine Keown
1912 – 2001
Birth Location: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
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Children(s)

Diann Burgess
1936 –
Birth Location: Michigan
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 16 Nov 1910
    Event Place: Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, 1950 United States Federal Census, Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01889; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 84-1586A, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 269; Film Title: 82 Wayne 125251-128559; Film Description: Wayne (Dates TBD), Detroit Free Press; Publication Date: 25 Mar 1958; Publication Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA; ,0.40124625,0.61579514,0.4570895&xid=3355, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 5044; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 85-2500

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1935
    Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01889; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 84-1586A

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1940
    Event Place: , Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: m-t0627-01889; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 84-1586A

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1950
    Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: 5044; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 85-2500

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: 1461 Cambridge, Road .
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Detroit Free Press; Publication Date: 25 Mar 1958; Publication Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA; ,0.40124625,0.61579514,0.4570895&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Detroit, Michigan
    Record Source: Michigan, U.S., Marriage Records, 1867-1952, Michigan Department of Community Health, Division of Vital Records and Health Statistics; Lansing, MI, USA; Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952; Film: 269; Film Title: 82 Wayne 125251-128559; Film Description: Wayne (Dates TBD)

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 24 Mar 1958
    Event Place: Lansing, Eaton, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Detroit Free Press; Publication Date: 25 Mar 1958; Publication Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA; ,0.40124625,0.61579514,0.4570895&xid=3355

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Acacia Park, Michigan, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current, Detroit Free Press; Publication Date: 25 Mar 1958; Publication Place: Detroit, Michigan, USA; ,0.40124625,0.61579514,0.4570895&xid=3355

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