Life History
25th Aug 1889 |
Born in Shelby County, Tennessee.1,2,3 |
after 1929 |
Death of John Thomas BURGESS in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee |
19th Oct 1929 |
Died in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.3,4 Pulmonary Embolism; Gave birth to stillborn child 10/19/29 |
23rd Oct 1929 |
Buried in Mullens Chapel Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.3 |
Other facts
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Married John Thomas BURGESS |
Notes
- 1900 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee, 4 June, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 53, page 10A, Hse/Fam #34
Butler, Thomas Head W M Nov 1852 48 Married 14 years MS TN TN Farmer Rent
Butler, Evie Wife W M Mar 1870 30 Married 14 years 4 children/4 living TN MS MS Farm Laborer
Butler, Nora Dau W F Aug 1889 11 Single TN TN TN At School
"My dad's mother was Nora Lee Butler Burgess daughter of Thomas E. and Evie Lena Brown Butler. Nora died in childbirth in 1929. Thomas E Butler's other daughter was Johnanna Butler Raggio."
-- Janice Burgess Lipford, Ancestry Messaging, 23 September 2011
Tennessee Certificate of Death #3338
Nora Lee Butler Burgess
Resdience 3281 Allison St (Memphis, Shelby, Tenn; City, County and State not stated)
Died in Gartly-Ramsay Hospital (City and State not stated)
Birth 25 Aug Tennessee, Age 40
[No birth year given, based on age: 1989, matching 1900 census]
Father T E Butler, born Alabama
Mother Evie Brown, born Tennessee
Informant J T Burgess [husband], 3281 Allison St (City and State not stated)
Death 19 Oct 1929 (City and State not stated)
Cause of Death Pulmonary Embolism; Gave birth to stillborn child 10/19/29 3PM
Burial 23 October 1929 in Mullens Chapel by Thomason Brothers
(Nowhere on the whole certificate is a town, county or state ever written)
Sources
- 1. 1920 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 13 January, District 65, page 6B, No Incorporated Place, Holmes Street, Hse #125, Fam #135
- 2. 1900 Federal Census, Shelby County, Tennessee
- 4 June, Civil District 16, Enumeration District 53, page 10A, Hse/Fam #34
- 3. Tennessee Death Certificates
- #3338
- 4. Ancestry Messaging
- 5. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918