Doug Burgum

I have been researching the Burgum (and Burgham) family history since 1980.

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John Burgum (1929-2007)

John Burgum was born in Dee Street, Poplar, London E14 on 19th September 1929. This pictures shows my father in his army uniform, where he worked as a staff driver in the late 1940's. The family settled in Hockley, in Essex, where he worked as a French Polisher, before going into business as a builder. Later John and his family moved to Devon where he fulfilled his dream of owning a pub, the Shute Arms. John then moved to Axminster, where he worked for Axminster Carpets. Finally John and his wife Jo moved to the Forest of Dean, fully aware that this was where his ancestors were from. He was proud of those roots. John died not far from Mitcheldean in 2007.

In the Autumn/Fall addition of the Burgum Family History Society Journal I published an article entitled My Father and Alzheimers.

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Rose (Toulson) Burgum (1907-1970)

My Grandfather Whit Burgum met Rose at the age of 20 "down the hop fields" in Kent. They were married on 25th December 1928 at All Saints Church, Poplar. Rose was 21 while Whit was aged 24. They got the Five Bells and Bladebone public house from the brewery and ran a successful business, with Rose controlling the purse-strings! They were bombed out in 1940 when a tree from the local churchyard opposite (Poplar Church) was felled by a bomb, severely damaging the pub. They then moved to the Rathbone Arms, also in East London and lived there until 1949. Then they moved down to Hockley, in Essex, where they purchased four and a half acres of land, keeping chickens and pigs.

Later they moved to Canewdon, in Essex, where they owned a small-holding with thirteen acres of orchards and a large field normally sown with wheat or barly. They continued to keep Chickens and pigs. Rose died in Rochford Hospital in 1970 and is buried at St Nicholas Church, Canewdon. Whit lived another thirty-five years and aged nearly one hundred and two lived on his own in a small house just yards from the churchyard at Canewdon.

Harry Hubert Burgum (1884-1957)

Harry Hubert Burgum was born 29th July 1884, at Plaistow. The picture shows him dressed in his masonic regalia. His parents were Henry and Charlotte (Butcher) Burgum (Henry's second marriage). Harry was half brother to Freerick James Burgum (my great-grandfather). He married Blanche Banks and they had one daughter, Blanche Doreen Burgum. Harry died at Poole, in 1957.

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Eliza Burgum nee Wilde (1868-1947)

Eliza Burgum nee Wilde (1868-1947) with nine daughters and her son, Sydney. It's thought there were 12 or 13 children in total. The little girl sitting next to Sydney is Emma (1909-1981) who married George Chamberlain in 1937. Next to her on the floor is Valentina who was born in 1907. The baby is believed to be Ivy (born 1913). Another of the girls is called Maud. Eliza was fondly called Whitewings by the family. Sydney is understand to have played football for Manchester City; the club later found him a job in Goole.

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Valentina and Emma Burgum

Doyle Carte! Valentina Burgum who was born in 1907. Emma Burgum was born in 1909, married George Chamberlain in 1937 and died in 1981. They are the two little girls sitting on the floor in the previous photograph, with their mother Eliza Burgum nee Wilde (1868-1947).

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Whit Burgum

William Whittington Burgum (1903-2005) was my grandfather and, at nearly 102 years old, lived in his own house at Canewdon in Essex.

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Whit Burgum and his sister May

William Whittington Burgum (1903-2005) was my grandfather. His sister Mabel Dorothy Burgum was born in 1910, the ninth of ten children. She married William Rolston in 1931.

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Brazil Burgums

In the nineteenth century my Great-great-grandfather Henry Burgum (1844-1931) went to Brazil. He was an engineer and he, and two of his brothers, helped install the drinking water and sanitation for cities such as Rio de Janeiro and Campos. Henry returned to England once the project was complete, but John Burgum remained in Rio and was said to be the British Consol, although I have no proof of this. The Burgum descendants of John Burgum still live in Rio, Sao Paulo and elsewhere in Brazil.

Here is a family photograph of the Brazilian Burgums - I believe this to be William Thomas Burgum (1897-????), John Burgum (1863-1917), Frank Alfred Burgum (1891-1980), Helena Burgum (1900-1989), John Edward Burgum (1887-1973), wife Sarah Ann [Wood] Burgum (1864-1946), Dorothy Burgum (1895-1937) and Alice Burgum (1889-1978).

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.

Dr Israel Vieira Ferreira

Here are three pictures of Dr Israel Vieira Ferreira. The first was taken in Rio de Janeiro on 1st January 1896. The second was taken in about 1911. The third also shows Israel; he was an engineer and Lieutenant Colonel in the Brazilian Army. He was the son of Dr Miguel Vieira and Elizabeth Burgum (1856-1902). Elizabeth was the daughter of Henry and Hannah Burgum of Bristol, England, and an article link will be attached to this page in due course.

"AA" Family Tree The "AA" family tree began in the Forest of Dean, moved to Bristol and Bolton, then to London and beyond. Some of the Burgums settled in Brazil.