I have discovered siblings of Adam Reese who moved their families to Washington State. This may be a crucial breakthrough in discovering the bible’s last family owner.
Adam Reese’s younger sister Almira, born in the New York Mohawk Valley in 1821, ends up on the West Coast. Almira did live with her parents Samuel and Elizabeth Reese in Reeseville, Wisconsin until she was in her late 20s and married Jeremiah Burgess. Almira had 4 children born in Wisconsin.
In 1880, Almira and Jeremiah Burgess are living in Shasta, California. I lose track of the aging couple after that, but their son Samuel Reese Burgess appears in 1889 in Ferndale, Whatcom County, Washington State, living with his wife and 5 children. Two of Samuel Reese Burgess’s daughters marry a pair of brothers named Shaw. Almira Burgess’ grandchildren are soon spreading out in Washington’s Whatcom County, starting their own families there with the Burgess or Shaw surnames.
Osee Reese Burgess. I gotta like a guy with a name like that. His father’s name was Io Burgess. I don’t even know how to pronounce that. Osee was born Christmas Eve 1908 in Bellingham, Washington. During WWII he serves in the U.S. Navy as a cook. He must enjoy that line of work, because after the war he is listed as a ship’s baker on numerous commercial vessels, sailing between Seattle, San Francisco and other Pacific ports, such as Japan. Osee, the sailor, marries very late in life and lives in the San Diego area, a Navy town. It does not appear that he had any children. His wife is buried in San Luis Obispo in 1987. However in 1989, Osee the veteran, is buried at the Presidio, the San Francisco National cemetery.
Osee's Burgess and Shaw cousins are well spread out in Washington State in the late 1900s. More to come on that in following posts.
Osee's Burgess and Shaw cousins are well spread out in Washington State in the late 1900s. More to come on that in following posts.
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