Person Record

Metadata

Name

Burgess, James Rowand ("Rowand")

Other Names

Rowand

Born

Dec. 31, 1898

Birthplace

Port Elgin

Deceased

Dec. 27, 1968

Deceased

Port Elgin

Father

William Burgess

Mother

Christina Thompson Rowand

Spouse

Never married

Relationships

Siblings - Elizabeth Oliver Burgess and William Noble Burgess
His father, William Burgess, was a lawyer in Port Elgin.

Education

Attended public and high schools in Port Elgin.

Occupation

Farmer & carpentry work in Arran Township until his brother passed. At that time, he took over his brother's conveyancing work in Port Elgin and area. James was an adherent of the Burgoyne Presbyterian church and a member of the Bruce County Historical Society, as well as being secretary of the Bruce Central Credit Union for many years.

Places

In 1897, James' father purchased a big double house at east end of Mill St., Port Elgin. He and his family lived there, but would spend a month or 2 in the big farm house at lot 13, Con. A, Arran Township where his father resided before becoming a lawyer. In 1915, James and his siblings moved out to live on the farm, and around 1917, William and Christina moved there too. James continued to reside there until his brother William's death in 1964, when he moved to Port Elgin to take over his brother's conveyancing business. He is interred at Burgoyne Cemetery.

Titles & Honours

Sources:
a) Saugeen History Hunters. "Roots and Branches of Saugeen, 1854-1984: a history of Saugeen Township." [Port Elgin, Ont.]: Saugeen History Hunters, 1984.

Sources

Sources:
James and Elizabeth Burgess fonds, BCM&CC A2012.087.

James Rowand Burgess, Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184074568/james-rowand-burgess. Accessed July 20, 2023.

Obituary, Bruce County Genealogical Society surname collection.

Saugeen History Hunters. "Roots and Branches of Saugeen, 1854-1984: a history of Saugeen Township." [Port Elgin, Ont.]: Saugeen History Hunters, 1984.