BURSON

Charles BURSON was baptised on 24th July, 1774 at Grove, Berkshire. His parents were Charles & Elizabeth BURSON.

Charles married Elizabeth SYMONDS around 1804. They had 7 children, born in Grove, Berkshire:
1. Sarah Elizabeth BURSON, baptised 15th January, 1806, married Thomas FULLER on 16th November, 1825 at Grove.
2. John BURSON, born 22nd January, 1807, died April 1810.
3. Henry BURSON, born 19th February, 1809.
4. John BURSON, born 12th December, 1811.
5. George BURSON, born 28th July, 1815 - see below.
6. Charles BURSON, born 20th January 1817.
7. James Burson, born 1828.

George BURSON was born on 28th July, 1815 at Grove, Berkshire.
He married Emma DUCK on 20th February, 1844 in Oxford.

George and Emma had 8 children, born in Grove, Berkshire:
1. Robert BURSON, born 5th December, 1844, died 13th February, 1880.
2. George BURSON, born 11th February, 1847, died 4th October, 1847.
3. Ellen BURSON, born 25th July, 1848, died 30th March, 1855.
4. Arthur BURSON, born 30th March, 1851, died 1916.
5. Fanny BURSON, born 2nd June, 1854, died 26th March, 1855.
6. Henry BURSON, born 25th February, 1856.
7. Frederick BURSON, born 27th June, 1858, died 1874.
8. Emma BURSON, born 27th March, 1861.

George BURSON died on 6th March, 1901, aged 87, and his wife Emma died on 1st January, 1893, aged 78.

Arthur BURSON married Harriet JOHNSON on 2nd October, 1886 at Sparsholt, Berkshire. They had 5 children, born in Grove, Berkshire:

1. Jessie BURSON, born 18th August, 1887.
2. May Emma BURSON, born 3rd September, 1888, died 17th November, 1965.
3. Arthur Robert BURSON, born 26th August, 1890, died in France 31st July, 1916 during the First World War. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
4. Dorothy BURSON, born 30th January, 1893.
5. William Richard BURSON, born 21st February, 1896.

Following the re-organisation of English and Welsh counties in 1974, some places previously in Berkshire (such as Grove and Sparsholt) are now in Oxfordshire. However, the links below refer to the historic, pre-1974, county boundaries.

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Sources: Parish register copies held at Berkshire Record Office & the Society of Genealogists; Census returns 1841-1901; Birth, Marriage & Death certificates.

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Updated 13 February, 2011