Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" John Burrows
(1869-1905)
Mary Ann Bugg was born in 1834, the daughter of James and Charlotte Bugg. For information about her early years, see:
James and Charlotte Bugg and their family
Mary Ann Bugg and her husband Edmund Baker (1848-1849)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" John Burrows (1850-1855)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" James McNally (1855-1860)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" Frederick Ward (1861-1867)
See also: Searching for Mary Ann Bugg's children
1868-69 Mary Ann re-established relationship with John Burrows[1]
1870 Mar 26 Ada Gertrude Burrows born at Liverpool Plains to John Burrows (labourer) and Mary Ann; 8 Feb 1887: baptised at Gulgong CE NSW; 1902/3: residing with Mary Ann Burrows in Gladstone St, Mudgee; 1905: alive and married according to Mary Ann’s death certificate and obituary[2]
1872c Probable child born to Mary Ann but died in infancy (birth certificate in 1876 lists that one male and one female child had previously died, and four years between births for a fertile woman suggests infant mortality)[3]
1874c Ida Margaret Burrows born to John and Mary Ann Burrows at Mudgee; literate; 30 Dec 1896: married at the house of Mrs James Burrows, Hillgrove (near Armidale) to Alexander William White; marriage witnessed by her brother James Burrows; 1 May 1952: died at Colyton, NSW[4]
1876 Sep 5 George Herbert Burrows born Maitland Road near Gulgong to John Burrowes, shepherd, and Mary Ann Burgess; birth registered 6 Dec 1876 at Gulgong ‘after declaration duly made as by law required’; 29 Oct 1900: married Jessie Grace Caroline Moore at Mudgee; 16 Oct 1941: died Canterbury, NSW[5]
1876 May 4 Mary Ann conditionally purchased land 40 acres of land: County Philip, Parish of Wyaldra (now Wialdra), Portion 43; she sold it to Samuel Alfred Blackman on 27 March 1880 having made £52 in “improvements” according to the official reports (houses £12, cultivation £32, fences £8); it is likely that she was “dummying” for Blackman and that his workers made the improvements); she appears to have conditionally leased adjacent land as well as the Conditional Purchase register refers to a total area of 130 acres and a deposition of £32.10 [6]
1877 John Burrows Snr listed as labourer in marriage certificate of son John[7]
1879c Arthur Burrows born to John Burrows and Mary Ann; c1915: married Katherine Teresea Regan; had children: Arthur P. (c.1820), Mary B. (c1822), Bernard J. (c1824), Winnifred N. (c1828); 1937: residing in Scarborough when acted as witness on death certificate of brother Frederick Wordsworth Burrows; 1963: blacksmith residing Cullen Bullen; 9 Aug 1863: died at Portland District Hospital, Portland; 11 Aug 1963: buried Roman Catholic cemetery, Portland[8]
1887 Feb Mary Ann and John Burrows, labourer, residing at Gulgong when daughter Ada baptised[9]
1900 pre John Burrows listed as "deceased" in marriage certificate of son George Herbert Burrows in Oct 1900[10], but no death certificate has been located
1903 Ada Gertrude Burrows and Mary Ann Burrows listed as living in Gladstone Street, Mudgee[11]
1905 Apr 22 Mary Ann Burrows died at her residence in Gladstone Street, Mudgee; buried 24/25 Apr 1905 in Church of England section of General Cemetery, Mudgee (CE row E 701); obituary recorded that she had five surviving sons and seven surviving daughters, all married except for Fred and Arthur[12]
Sources:
[1] Baptism: Ada Gertrude Burrows (details provided by Lynne Robinson); Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Birth Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1876/0015712]
[2] Baptism: Ada Gertrude Burrows (details provided by Lynne Robinson); Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1903: Robertson Electorate – Mudgee Division Nos.254 and 255; Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obituary: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13
[3] Birth Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1876/0015712]
[4] Death Certificates: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831] & Ida Margaret White [RBMD 1952/0011461]; Marriage Certificate: Ida Margaret Burrows [RBDM 1896/1179]
[5] Birth Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1876/15712] & Marriage Certificate [RBDM 1900/9103] & Death Certificate [RBDM 1941/25209]; Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]
[6] Land selection at Cooyal: Mary Ann Burrows [SRNSW ref: 10/19073 No. 02/12072]; Conditional Purchase Register [SRNSW ref: 7/4690 No.76/54]
[7] Marriage Certificate: John Burrows [RBDM 1877/3617] plus additional information from Gulgong Church of England Register (provided by Lynne Robinson)
[8] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obituary: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13; Death Certificates: Frederick Wordsworth Burrows [RBDM 1937/0016011] & Arthur Burroughs [RBDM 1963/0028560]
[9] Baptism: Ada Gertrude Burrows (details provided by Lynne Robinson)
[10] Marriage Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1900/9103]
[11] Commonwealth Electoral Roll - Robertson Electorate – Mudgee division [SLNSW ref: M/fiche series 1903, Nos 254 & 255]
[12] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obit: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13; Burial: Mary Ann Burrows in St John’s CE Mudgee [SAG Reel 339]; Gulgong Court House Records compiled by Athol Meers (information provided by Lynne Robinson)
James and Charlotte Bugg and their family
Mary Ann Bugg and her husband Edmund Baker (1848-1849)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" John Burrows (1850-1855)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" James McNally (1855-1860)
Mary Ann Bugg and her "husband" Frederick Ward (1861-1867)
See also: Searching for Mary Ann Bugg's children
1868-69 Mary Ann re-established relationship with John Burrows[1]
1870 Mar 26 Ada Gertrude Burrows born at Liverpool Plains to John Burrows (labourer) and Mary Ann; 8 Feb 1887: baptised at Gulgong CE NSW; 1902/3: residing with Mary Ann Burrows in Gladstone St, Mudgee; 1905: alive and married according to Mary Ann’s death certificate and obituary[2]
1872c Probable child born to Mary Ann but died in infancy (birth certificate in 1876 lists that one male and one female child had previously died, and four years between births for a fertile woman suggests infant mortality)[3]
1874c Ida Margaret Burrows born to John and Mary Ann Burrows at Mudgee; literate; 30 Dec 1896: married at the house of Mrs James Burrows, Hillgrove (near Armidale) to Alexander William White; marriage witnessed by her brother James Burrows; 1 May 1952: died at Colyton, NSW[4]
1876 Sep 5 George Herbert Burrows born Maitland Road near Gulgong to John Burrowes, shepherd, and Mary Ann Burgess; birth registered 6 Dec 1876 at Gulgong ‘after declaration duly made as by law required’; 29 Oct 1900: married Jessie Grace Caroline Moore at Mudgee; 16 Oct 1941: died Canterbury, NSW[5]
1876 May 4 Mary Ann conditionally purchased land 40 acres of land: County Philip, Parish of Wyaldra (now Wialdra), Portion 43; she sold it to Samuel Alfred Blackman on 27 March 1880 having made £52 in “improvements” according to the official reports (houses £12, cultivation £32, fences £8); it is likely that she was “dummying” for Blackman and that his workers made the improvements); she appears to have conditionally leased adjacent land as well as the Conditional Purchase register refers to a total area of 130 acres and a deposition of £32.10 [6]
1877 John Burrows Snr listed as labourer in marriage certificate of son John[7]
1879c Arthur Burrows born to John Burrows and Mary Ann; c1915: married Katherine Teresea Regan; had children: Arthur P. (c.1820), Mary B. (c1822), Bernard J. (c1824), Winnifred N. (c1828); 1937: residing in Scarborough when acted as witness on death certificate of brother Frederick Wordsworth Burrows; 1963: blacksmith residing Cullen Bullen; 9 Aug 1863: died at Portland District Hospital, Portland; 11 Aug 1963: buried Roman Catholic cemetery, Portland[8]
1887 Feb Mary Ann and John Burrows, labourer, residing at Gulgong when daughter Ada baptised[9]
1900 pre John Burrows listed as "deceased" in marriage certificate of son George Herbert Burrows in Oct 1900[10], but no death certificate has been located
1903 Ada Gertrude Burrows and Mary Ann Burrows listed as living in Gladstone Street, Mudgee[11]
1905 Apr 22 Mary Ann Burrows died at her residence in Gladstone Street, Mudgee; buried 24/25 Apr 1905 in Church of England section of General Cemetery, Mudgee (CE row E 701); obituary recorded that she had five surviving sons and seven surviving daughters, all married except for Fred and Arthur[12]
Sources:
[1] Baptism: Ada Gertrude Burrows (details provided by Lynne Robinson); Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Birth Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1876/0015712]
[2] Baptism: Ada Gertrude Burrows (details provided by Lynne Robinson); Commonwealth Electoral Roll 1903: Robertson Electorate – Mudgee Division Nos.254 and 255; Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obituary: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13
[3] Birth Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1876/0015712]
[4] Death Certificates: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831] & Ida Margaret White [RBMD 1952/0011461]; Marriage Certificate: Ida Margaret Burrows [RBDM 1896/1179]
[5] Birth Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1876/15712] & Marriage Certificate [RBDM 1900/9103] & Death Certificate [RBDM 1941/25209]; Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]
[6] Land selection at Cooyal: Mary Ann Burrows [SRNSW ref: 10/19073 No. 02/12072]; Conditional Purchase Register [SRNSW ref: 7/4690 No.76/54]
[7] Marriage Certificate: John Burrows [RBDM 1877/3617] plus additional information from Gulgong Church of England Register (provided by Lynne Robinson)
[8] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obituary: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13; Death Certificates: Frederick Wordsworth Burrows [RBDM 1937/0016011] & Arthur Burroughs [RBDM 1963/0028560]
[9] Baptism: Ada Gertrude Burrows (details provided by Lynne Robinson)
[10] Marriage Certificate: George Herbert Burrows [RBDM 1900/9103]
[11] Commonwealth Electoral Roll - Robertson Electorate – Mudgee division [SLNSW ref: M/fiche series 1903, Nos 254 & 255]
[12] Death Certificate: Mary Ann Burrows [RBDM 1905/5831]; Obit: Mary Ann Burrows in Mudgee Guardian 27 Apr 1905 p.13; Burial: Mary Ann Burrows in St John’s CE Mudgee [SAG Reel 339]; Gulgong Court House Records compiled by Athol Meers (information provided by Lynne Robinson)