John Edwin “Edwin” Burgess
1831 - 1912 (80 years)-
Name John Edwin Burgess Nickname Edwin Birth 26 Mar 1831 Lakeville, Kings, NS 
Gender Male Occupation Farmer Death 12 Jan 1912 Lakeville, Kings, NS
Burial Lakeville Presbyterian Cemetery, Lakeville, NS
Person ID I1611 Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart, Descendants of Francis & Elizabeth (Peck) Perkins Last Modified 9 Feb 2012
Father Stephen Burgess, b. 2 Nov 1792, Woodville, Kings, NS d. 15 Jun 1879, Lakeville, Kings, NS (Age 86 years) Mother Elizabeth Nesbit, b. 1800 d. 2 Oct 1883, Lakeville, Kings, NS (Age 83 years) Marriage 21 Mar 1821 Family ID F789 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 
Mary Elizabeth Cogswell, b. 27 May 1840, Cornwallis, Kings, NS d. 29 Jun 1872, Woodville, Kings, NS (Age 32 years) [1, 2, 3, 4] Marriage 1 Feb 1872 Chester, Lunenburg , NS
Notes - from Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics (novascotiagenealogy.com)
Marrage on 1 Feb 1872 in Chester of John Edwin Burgess, farmer, age 35, born and resident of Cornwallis to Stephen (a farmer) & Elizth Burgess and Mary Elizabeth Cogswell, age 26, Gideon (a farmer) & Lucilla Cogswell, resident of Cornwallis.
Children 1. Baby Girl Burgess, b. 28 Jun 1872, Woodville, Kings, NS d. 28 Jun 1872, Woodville, Kings, NS (Age 0 years)Family ID F393 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Feb 2012
Family 2 DeVilla Rhuland, b. 1854, Nova Scotia Children 1. Robert Scott Burgess, b. 28 Mar 1876, Lakeville, Kings, NS 2. Charles Benjamin Burgess, b. 5 Oct 1877, Lakeville, Kings, NS 3. Julia Elizabeth Burgess, b. 3 Oct 1880, Lakeville, Kings, NS 4. Laura Robinette Burgess, b. 13 May 1882, Lakeville, Kings, NS 5. Agnes Augusta Burgess, b. 1 Jul 1883, Lakeville, Kings, NS 6. Mary Pennington Burgess, b. 5 Jul 1887, Lakeville, Kings, NS 7. Grace DeVere Burgess, b. 1 Jan 1889, Lakeville, Kings, NS 8. James Edwin Burgess, b. 27 Jan 1890, Lakeville, Kings, NS 9. Enoch Lamont Burgess, b. 25 Dec 1893, Lakeville, Kings, NS Family ID F790 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 9 Feb 2012
- from Nova Scotia Historical Vital Statistics (novascotiagenealogy.com)
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Histories 
Excerpts from the "Descendents of Edward Perkins"
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Notes - Burgess Genealogy indicates that Mary Cogswell has the children of Edwin Burgess. More likely Devilla Burgess was the mother of these children.
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Sources - [S75] Burgess, Barry Hovey, Burgess genealogy : Kings County, Nova Scotia, branch of the descendants of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, (C.E. Fitchett, 1941, New York, NY), 32.
- [S73] Canadian Census 1881, Roll: 13173, Page: 2.
- [S76] Lisa Nicol, The Russell/Nicol Family Tree, I5704 for John Edwin Burgess.
- [S27] Various Arthurs, IGI Individual Record, (Church of Latter Day Saints), for Mary E. Cogswell.
- [S75] Burgess, Barry Hovey, Burgess genealogy : Kings County, Nova Scotia, branch of the descendants of Thomas and Dorothy Burgess, (C.E. Fitchett, 1941, New York, NY), 32.