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Ann Burgum - Written 13th October 1850. A rather sad tale!

Parish of Woolwich in the County of Kent within the Metroploitan Police Disrtict -
As to the Removal of Ann Burgum Widow, Ann and Ellen (twin sisters) aged fourteen years, Mary aged ten years, Charlotte aged seven years and Martha aged five years, her five lawful children. To the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the Parish of Wich and Abson in the County of Gloucester-

TAKE NOTICE that the above named Ann Burgum now residing in the Parish of Woolwich in the County of Kent has, with her five lawful children, become and now is chargeable to the Parish of Woolwich and is now receiving Relief from said Parish of Woolwich and that an Order of One of the Magistrates of the Police Courts of the Metropolis has been obtained for their Removal to your Parish of Wick and Abson as their last place of legal Settlement, a Duplicate of which Order is herewith sent, AND TAKE NOTICE that the following are the grounds of the said Removal including the particulars of the Settlement relied upon by us in support thereof.

For that Henry Burgum now residing in Mark Lane Saint Philip in the City of Bristol is the Father of John Burgum the late Husband of the said Ann Burgum the Pauper. That the said Henry Burgum was by Indenture of Apprenticeship bearing date the 31st day of December in the year 1803 bound an Apprentice to Richard Haynes of the said Parish of Wick and Abson and duly served him under such Indentures of Apprenticeship and resided and slept in the said Parish of Wick and Abson during the last forty days of the Term specified in such Indenture that the said Henry Burgum was lawfully married to his first wife by her then maiden name of Ann Burchell at the Parish Church of Wick and Abson in the year 1807 and had lawful issue of such marriage John the late Husband of the said Pauper Ann Burgum. And for that the said Henry Burgum nerred did any other Act whereby to gain a legal Settlement And for that the said John Burgum his son never did any Act to gain any Settlement in his own right-

And also for that the said Ann Burgum with her said five lawful Children have come to inhabit in and are now inhabiting in the said Parish of Woolwich and before and at the time of the making of the said Order were and still are chargable to the said Parish of Woolwich and receiving Relief therefrom AND TAKE NOTICE that unless Notice of Appeal against the said Order be received by us within twenty one days from the sending hereof or, in case of your Application for a Copy of the Depositions on which such order has been made, within a further period of fourteen days after the sending of such Copy the said Paupers will be removed to your said Parish of Wick and Abson in pursuance of the said Order and no Appeal againstsuch Order shall afterwards be allowed.

Given under our Hands this thirtieth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty.
Thomas Morgan, George Simms, Thos. Barnaby
A majority of the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor of the said Parish of Woolwich.

Daniel Burgham, Overseer of the Poor - 20 January 1774, St Peter's Parish, Frampton Cotterell
APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE
Jacob Hunt, a poor child aged 12, by Nicholas Andrews and Samuel Hellier, churchwardens and Thomas Morgan and Daniel Burgham, overseers of Frampton Cotterell, to John Burchell, husbandman ofFrampton Cotterell, until Jacob Hunt is 24, to learn husbandry. John Burchell (S). Witnessed by William Parker (S), George Llewellin (S). Allowed by Isaac Elton (S), Edward Garlick (S), J.P.'s.
(Bristol Records Office Ref No P.FC/OP/5/44)

James Burgum, Juror at Pit Death Inquiry - Forest of Dean - 1875

Industrial Expansion, Pit Death Inquiry. An Inquisition this 29th day of March 1875 at the Porrit Inn, Plump Hill on view of the body of Richard Roberts, aged 14 years, miner.

The following jury were sworn in:
John Lilly
Enoch Voyce
James Burgum
John Griffiths
Richard Davis
Thomas Rudge
Thomas H. Trotter
William Virgo
William Lloyd
Joseph Virgo<
John Gibb

Witnesses:
Allen Jenkins, Popes Hill, Miner
Daniel Heyman, Dirty Lane, Miner
James Smith, Mitcheldean, Miner
William H. M. Phillips, Manager of Edge Hill

Verdict:
Cause of death - fracture of the skull result of a fall of stone in the Edge Hill Iron Mine.

John Burgum Langer
(News Cutting, published in The Courier-Mail, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Wednesday 15 December 1948)

Birth - Langer
At the Women's Intermediate, on the 10th Dec. to Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Langler, Sandgate. Twin boys. Robert Arthur and John Burgum. All doing fine. Thanking Dr. and staff for kind attention.

Oliver Burgham, Rugby League International - capped for Wales and Great Britain
Oliver Burgham was a Welsh rugby league footballer who played professionally during the first two decades of the twentieth century. During his career he normally played as Prop or Hooker, wearing the number 8, 9, or 10 shirt. He played at club level for Ebbw Vale, one of the oldest clubs in Wales. It was founded in 1879 at the Bridgend Inn, although rugby had been played in the area since 1870. In July 1907 they formed a Rugby League side from the amateur Ebbw Vale rugby union team and joined the professional Northern Union. The team was closely associated with the local steel works and nicknamed the Steelmen. Oliver Burgham and another 'Steelman' W.E. (Chick) Jenkins played for Wales in the first ever Rugby League International against New Zealand at the Athletic Ground in Aberdare. Wales narrowly won in front of a crowd of 12,000! On 20 April 1908, Burgham and Jenkins won their second caps, together with clubmate W.J. Saunders, in the first Welsh encounter with England. In the 1908-09 season, Ebbw Vale and Merthyr were joined in the Northern Union by Aberdare, Barry, Mid-Rhondda and Treherbert. In addition, a new Welsh League was formed. Oliver Burgham eventually joined Halifax, where he won a cap for Great Britain against Australia in 1911.