Biography:
Alfred Burgess
24/05/1871 –1911
Alfred Burgess
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Unmarked grave: Alfred Burgess (1870-1911)
Alfred was born in Flamstead, 24 May 1870, the third son and fourth child of George and Charlotte Burgess. He was baptised 29 January 1871. George was a general labourer.
Alfred attended the local National School.
The family moved to George Street in Northchurch, where Alfred’s younger brother Albert was born in 1876. They remained there until at least 1881.
On 4 March 1891 Alfred, aged 19 years and 10 months, attempted to join the Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia. He gave his residence as Kitsbury Road and his occupation as “labourer”. He confessed to spending one month in prison for breaking a window.
The record shows that Alfred was 5 foot 4½ inches tall, with a chest measurement of 31½ inches. His hair was light brown, his eyes blue and his complexion dark. However, five days later Alfred’s career as a soldier was over, as the medical officer considered him unfit to serve because of “Debility from attack of pneumonia”. So, by the time of the 1891 census on 3 April Alfred was back living at home at 55, Kitsbury Road, with his brothers James and Albert.
Their father George died in 1893. Alfred never married and remained living at home with his mother. He died in 1911 aged only 40, possibly as a result of his weak chest.
His mother Charlotte died the following year and lies in an unmarked grave in this cemetery.
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Unmarked grave: Alfred Burgess (1870-1911)
Alfred was born in Flamstead, 24 May 1870, the third son and fourth child of George and Charlotte Burgess. He was baptised 29 January 1871. George was a general labourer.
Alfred attended the local National School.
The family moved to George Street in Northchurch, where Alfred’s younger brother Albert was born in 1876. They remained there until at least 1881.
On 4 March 1891 Alfred, aged 19 years and 10 months, attempted to join the Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia. He gave his residence as Kitsbury Road and his occupation as “labourer”. He confessed to spending one month in prison for breaking a window.
The record shows that Alfred was 5 foot 4½ inches tall, with a chest measurement of 31½ inches. His hair was light brown, his eyes blue and his complexion dark. However, five days later Alfred’s career as a soldier was over, as the medical officer considered him unfit to serve because of “Debility from attack of pneumonia”. So, by the time of the 1891 census on 3 April Alfred was back living at home at 55, Kitsbury Road, with his brothers James and Albert.
Their father George died in 1893. Alfred never married and remained living at home with his mother. He died in 1911 aged only 40, possibly as a result of his weak chest.
His mother Charlotte died the following year and lies in an unmarked grave in this cemetery.
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