May Burgess

May Burgess 

Born: 10 May 1883, Dartford 

Father: James Burgess (b. 1856)

Mother: Rose Burgess (b. 1861)

Brothers: Stanley Burgess (b. 1886), Percy J Burgess (b. 1888)

Sisters: Eva Burgess (b. 1882), Dorothy Burgess (b. 1896)

In 1891 – 

She is at High Street, Erith, Dartford. Her father is listed as ‘Butcher’. May, her mother and siblings (Eva, Stanley and Percy) are unlisted. There are two servants, Minnie Jeffreys (b. 1871) and Ethel Broughton (b. 1876). 

In 1901 – 

She is at High Street, Dulwich. Her father is listed as ‘Butcher’. Her sister, Eva, is listed as ‘Milliner’. May, her mother and siblings (Stanley & Dorothy) are unlisted.

In 10/04 – 

PT at Dulwich. 

In 10/06 – 

Appointed to London Council. £88.

In 10/08 – 

Address is 36 Balham Grove, Balham, London, S.E.

In 1911 – 

She is at 13 High Street, Dulwich Village, Camberwell. Her father is listed as ‘Butcher’. Her siblings, Eva and Stanley, are listed as ‘Butchers Assistant’. Her mother and sister, Dorothy, are unlisted. May is listed as ‘School Teacher LCC’. 

In 1921 – 

She is at 13 High Street, Dulwich Village, Camberwell. Her father is listed as ‘Book Keeper to Meat Firm’. Her mother is unlisted. May is listed as ‘LCC School Teacher’. Her sister, Dorothy, is listed as ‘Gov Clerk’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at South Street, Billingsburst. May is listed as ‘Elementary School Teacher’. John Croft (b. 1897) is listed as ‘Veterinary Surgeon’. Jessica Croft (b. 1899) is unlisted. Myra I Moulton (b. 1903) is unlisted.

d.         4 October 1951, Wandsworth 

BURGESS, May of 161 Tulse Hill, London S.W., spinster died 4 October 1951 at 38 Palace Road, Tulse Hill. Probate London 24 November to Dorothy Gibbon Burgess, spinster. Effects £1901, 18s, 1d.