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Edwin James Burgham was born 12th March 1847 and married
Thirza Hinsley (born 20 August 1850). They were married at Madeley Methodist Chapel, in Shropshire, on the 26th March 1873. Together they had 3 children
Harry Hinsley Burgham , Ethel Burgham and
Fanny Eleanor Burgham . Edwin died on 31st July 1924 at Golders Green, in London. Thirza died on 18th December 1936, also at Golders Green.
Abraham John Burgham (sitting on the right) was born 27th May 1849 and he married
Margaret Burleson (sitting on the left) who was born in 1848. They were married at Bethseda Chapel, in Gateshead, on the 24th June 1873. This picture was taken at Christmas 1897.
Others in the picture are their 3 children Elizabeth Robson Burgham (Headmistress of Gateshead Girls School), Jack Burgham and Frances Louisa Burgham. Abraham died on 27th August 1899 in Co. Durham, while Margaret died on 25th September 1923, at Gateshead.
Abraham John Burgham was born 27th May 1849 at Hallfields, Bilston, Staffordshire. In the 1851 census he was living with his parents
William Burgum and
Ann Elizabeth (Burt) Burgum. Ten years later the family were living at No.1 Mount Pleasant, Tudloe, Co Durham. By 1871 Abraham, now 21 years old and working as a milkman, was still living with his parents at Peel Street, Hedworth, Monkton and Jarrow, South Shields. He married
Margaret Burleson born 1848, at Bethseda Chapel, in Gateshead, on the 24th June 1873.
Two of their children, Elizabeth Robson Burgham and Jack Burgham, were born in Jarrow, while Frances (Fanny) Burgham was born at Spennymore, Co Durham. Abraham, his wife and children, were living at 3 Ernest Street, Jarrow, South Shields in 1891, where Abraham worked as a labourer at an Ordance Works. He died on 27th August 1899 in Co. Durham.
Here is an older
Abraham John Burgham clearly taken sometime later than the first picture. He married
Margaret Burleson born 1848, at Bethseda Chapel, in Gateshead, on the 24th June 1873.
Two of their children, Elizabeth Robson Burgham and Jack Burgham, were born in Jarrow, while Frances (Fanny) Burgham was born at Spennymore, Co Durham. Abraham, his wife and children, were living at 3 Ernest Street, Jarrow, South Shields in 1891, where Abraham worked as a labourer at an Ordance Works. He died on 27th August 1899 in Co. Durham.
Margaret Burleson was born in April 1849 and married
Abraham John Burgham at married at Bethseda Chapel, in Gateshead, on the 24th June 1873.
Two of their children, Elizabeth Robson Burgham and Jack Burgham, were born in Jarrow, while Frances (Fanny) Burgham was born at Spennymore, Co Durham. Abraham, his wife and children, were living at 3 Ernest Street, Jarrow, South Shields in 1891, where Abraham worked as a labourer at an Ordance Works. He died on 27th August 1899 in Co. Durham.
This beautiful picture of
Frances Louisa Burgham who was born in 1881, at Spennymore, County Durham, in England. Her parents were
Abraham John Burgham and
Margaret (Burleson) Burgham. Louisa married
Alfred Martin Blenkinsop in 1904 at Gateshead, County Durham. She is here with her son Donald Blenkinsop, who was born in Norwich, in Norfolk, in 23 April 1907. The picture was possibly take in Birmingham, where Martin was working as a civil engineer in 1911. Interestingly Donald followed his father into civil engineering. Louisa died in South Shields in September 1948.
Harry Hinsley Burgham was born at 43 Chatsworth Street, West Derby, Liverpool, on 9th January 1874. He was the son of
Edwin James Burgham and
Thirza (Hinsley) Burgham. By the age of 17 years Harry was an Chemist"s apprentice in East Brixton. Ten years later he was a chemist and druggist in Ipswich. On 9th December 1903 he married
Gertrude Long at St Margaret"s Church, in Ipswich.
Later, in Buttermarket, Ipswich, he became a sight-seeing specialist and by 1911 he had opened up an opticians in Holloway, North London. Gertrude died in 1932. Harry remarried Phyllis Nora Wagstaff on 12 June 1933 at Alan Road Methodist Chapel, in Ipswich. They had one son. Harry died in Wareham, Dorset, on 27th January 1942.
Here is a glasses case sold by
Harry Hinsley Burgham. The printed writing says -
H. Hinsley Burgham, F.I.O.
3 Buttermarket, Ipswich
I believe his son has a case and glasses, while I hold a pair in the BURGUM COLLECTION. (There is a link to the Collection in the top menu).
Harry Hinsley Burgham FRAS,FSC, FRGS (1874-1942) was a chemist, an optician had a premises at 21 Tacket Street, before moving to this premises at 3 Buttermarket, Ipswich as an optician. In 1912 he was also elected a fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. At one time he was also a fellow of the Society of Chemistry and the Royal Geographical Society.
Here is the grave of
Abraham John Burgham and his wife
Margaret Burleson Burgham.
It reads -
In Loving Memory of Abraham John Burgham, died August 27th 1899, aged 50 years. Also Margaret, wife of the above, died September 25th 1923, aged 75 years.
New Zealand Burgham Group Photo
1. George Burgham, son of John (1916-2009), 2. John Burgham, son of John (1918-2002), 3. Sarah (Sally), wife of John, 4. John (Jack) Burgham (1885-1961), 5. Frank Bell, son of Sarah, 6. Dudley Bell, son of Sarah,
7. Noel Bell, son of Sarah,
8. Una Burgham, wife of Richard (1891-1960),
9. Richard (Cockie) Burgham (1896-1968),
10. Cecil Burgham (1899-1963),
11. Eric Bell, son of Sarah,
12. Sarah (Lal) Bell,
13. Ellen (Nellie) (b. 1905),
14. Athol Bell, son of Sarah,
15. Dick Bell, son of Sarah,
16. Bob Bell, son of Sarah,
17. George Burgham (1855-1936),
18. Georgina Burgham (1860-1950),
19. Georgina (Queenie) Burgham (1896-1975),
20. Ewart Burgham (1887-1955)
George, Georgina and family.
John Burgham (1885-1961) and Richard Burgham (1896-1968) standing.
Ewart Burgham (1887-1955) and Cecil Burgham (1899-1963) sitting.
John Burgham (1885-1961) and Richard Burgham (1896-1968) standing.
Ewart Burgham (1887-1955) and Cecil Burgham (1899-1963) sitting.
Cecil Reginald Burgham was born 4th March 1899, the youngest son of George and Georgina Burgham. He married Ruth Harper on 16th February 1937. They had three children. He died 30th October 1963. This photograph was taken in the 1950s.
Ruth Burgham, nee Harper, was born Fordell, Wanganui, Wellington, New Zealand, on 7th March 1899 to parents Arthur and Maud Harper. She married Cecil Burgham on 16th February 1937. They had three children. Ruth died at New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand, on 2nd May 1996. This photograph was taken in the 1950s.
Mary Elizabeth Burgham was born in Jarrow, Durham, UK, in 1873. Her father William Burgham (born Henry Burgum) had left Staffordshire by 1861 and migrated to Durham, where the iron industry was developing. He was a puddler of iron. Mary married a soldier, James Cruickshanks Hall in 1898, in Newcastle. They had one boy (my GF) and six girls. They moved to Newcastle upon Tyne before WW1 and lived in very poor circumstances.
Widowed in 1926, Mary learned to play and teach the piano and was very much the Matriarch of the Hall family until her death in 1955. The photo is on the steps of her house in Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, circa 1950. She is at the front with 2 of her daughters, Dora and Edith, and grandchildren Raymond, Kenneth and Dorothy behind, all now deceased.
