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Also known as Gregor Watson.
Ken Burgess looking for his great uncle. Gregor Watson Burgess born in 1888 in Chatham Kent. Can't find him in 1911 census. Any information about him appreciated. It is not known if he was married.

Just for info

Name: Gregor Watson Burgess
Date of registration: Apr-May-Jun 1888
Registration district: Medway
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 560

in case it is of use


name: Gregor /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: ABT 1855
Inveravon, Banff, Scotland
death: 9 Mar 1932
Gillingham, Kent, England


Parents
father: John /Burgess/
mother: Ann /Grant/

Marriages (2)
spouse: Janet McNeil /Brand/
marriage: 18 Sep 1874
Saint Ninians, Stirling, Scotland [2]
Hide children (5)

child 1: Janet /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: ABT 1885
Scotland

child 2: Gregor Watson /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: ABT 1888
Chatham, Kent, England

child 3: Ann /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: ABT 1875
St Ninians, Stirling, Scotland

child 4: Maggie /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: 13 Mar 1893
Gillingham, Kent, England

child 5: William /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: 27 Jan 1876
Stirling, Scotland
death: J/A/S 1929
, Margate, Kent, England

spouse: Ellen /Mills/
marriage: 2 Jan 1923
St Pancras, London, England


Submission
submitter: kmburgess1084634
submission date: 25 Dec 2009
submission id: MM3N-Z23

name: John /Burgess/
gender: Male
christening: 10 Apr 1832
Rathven, Banff, Scotland [1]


Parents
father: James /Burgess/
mother: Elizabeth /Bennett/

Marriages (1)
spouse: Ann /Grant/
marriage: 7 Apr 1854
Knockando, Moray, Scotland [1]
Hide children (9)

child 1: Gregor /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: ABT 1855
Inveravon, Banff, Scotland
death: 9 Mar 1932
Gillingham, Kent, England

child 2: Elizabeth /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: 15 Sep 1860
Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

child 3: John /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: 15 Aug 1856
Rothes, Moray, Scotland

child 4: Margaret /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: 5 May 1858
Rothes, Moray, Scotland

child 5: Ann /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: 24 Jan 1866
Saint Nicholas, Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland

child 6: Charles William /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: 20 Nov 1870
Saint Ninians, Stirling, Scotland

child 7: John Robert /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: 18 Sep 1868
Nairn, Nairn, Scotland

child 8: Elisabeth /Burgess/
gender: Female
birth: 17 Jun 1863
Aberlour, Banff, Scotland

child 9: Alexander Chalmers /Burgess/
gender: Male
birth: 5 Jun 1873
Saint Ninians, Stirling, Scotland


Submission
submitter: kmburgess1084634
submission date: 25 Dec 2009
submission id: MM3N-Z23

name: James /Burgess/
gender: Male


Marriages (1)
spouse: Elizabeth /Bennett/
marriage: 2 Aug 1828
Keith, Banff, Scotland [1]
Hide children (2)

child 1: William /Burgess/
gender: Male

child 2: John /Burgess/
gender: Male


Submission
submitter: kmburgess1084634
submission date: 25 Dec 2009
submission id: MM3N-Z23

British Army Service Records 1760-1915 Transcription

First name(s): Gregor
Last name: BURGESS
Calculated year of birth: 1888
Parish of birth: St Mary's
Town of birth: Chatham
County of birth: Kent
Age at attestation: 18 years 10 months
Attestation date: 16 January 1906
Attestation corps: 3RD BATTN 'THE BUFFS'
Attestation soldier number: 7941
Discharge rank:
Discharge corps: Buffs (East Kent Regiment) - 3rd Foot
Discharge soldier number:

The National Archives reference: WO96 / 33 / 332

1891 poss

Name: Gregor Watson
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Son
Father's Name: James Watson
Mother's name: Janet Watson
Gender: Male
Where born: Chatham

Civil parish: Chatham
Ecclesiastical parish: St Mary
Town: Chatham
County/Island: Kent
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View image

Registration district: Medway
Sub-registration district: Gillingham
ED, institution, or vessel: 24
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 662
Folio: 116
Page Number: 26
Household Members: Name Age
James Watson 35
Janet Watson 33
William Watson 14
Janet Watson 6
Gregor Watson 3
Henry Sinclair 6/12

This thread on rootschat refers to the family:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=254907.0

I see that Ken has a tree on Ancestry and has military records on there, Gregor aged 18 single...

name: Ellen /Mills/
gender: Female
birth: 1853
Hunton, Kent, England
death: 1931
Kent, England


Parents
father: George /Mills/
mother: Harriet //

Marriages (2)
spouse: Gregor /Burgess/
marriage: 2 Jan 1923
St Pancras, London, England

spouse: Frederick /Simpson/
marriage: 1892
Little Hadham, Hertfordshire, England

name: George /Mills/
gender: Male
birth: Eastleigh, Hunton, Kent England


Marriages (1)
spouse: Harriet //
Hide children (1)

child 1: Ellen /Mills/
gender: Female
birth: 1853
Hunton, Kent, England
death: 1931
Kent, England

I cannot see Gregor on the 1911, might be reasonable to suppose he is serving with the army at the time, unless Ken knows otherwise?

Something about him on Rootschat here:

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?action=printpage;topic=254907.0

Well, I've just wasted my time trawling through service records that Ken already has! Why didn't he mention that, or is it some sort of test?!

For info, Gregor seems to have been discharges 18/11/1907.

No idea if same person

Name: Gregor Burgess
Spouse Surname: Simpson
Date of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1923
Registration district: Pancras
Inferred County: Middlesex
Volume Number: 1b
Page Number: 145

His Army record show that he enlisted in 1906 and was discharged in 1907.

Bother

Getting a match on Scotlandspeople in 1911 using just Gregor Burgess, with exact match on surname and forename, BUT no matches if I put in an age range

So probably not right

apologies if someone else has stated, but there are three trees on here with Gregor Burgess. Perhaps Ken will look back in and decide if they are relevant.

I have to ask this - with so many postings is this poster running some kind of genealogy service? because it seems they are not all the poster's relatives - is it just me?

Ann - are you serious? :-D