William D. Burgess
Jessie
Winnie Cletus Burgess
(1889-1987)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Harold Clare Horrox

Winnie Cletus Burgess 1 2 3 4

  • Born: 4 Jul 1889, Ramseur, Randolph, NC 5
  • Marriage (1): Harold Clare Horrox on 9 May 1920 in High Point, Guilford, NC 1
  • Died: 15 Oct 1987, Washington, District of Columbia, DC at age 98 5

   Another name for Winnie was Cletus Burgess.1

   FamilySearch ID: K262-3HX.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Newspaper: Shenandoah Evening Herald, 26 May 1920, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 1 LOCAL BOY TAKES BRIDE IN NORTH CAROLINA
Harold Horrox, of Greenboro, N. C., son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Horrox, of Jardin street, and Cletus Burgess, of High Point, Miss., were married May 9th the Methodist Protestant church at the latter place, by the Rev. Brown. The attendants were Raymond Burgess and Miss Lorraine Burgess, brother and sister of the bride. The ceremony was witnessed only by the immediate family. Mrs. Horrox was assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce at High Point and is a daughter of William Burgess, a retired merchant of Mt. Airy, N. C. Mr. Horrox, until a few years ago, was a resident of town. At present he is employed as assistant manager of the Kress Stores Company Greenboro, N. C., and is one of the trusted employes of the company.
He is well known and esteemed in town and the best wishes of many friends are extended to him and his bride. They will reside at High Point.

2. Newspaper: Shenandoah Evening Herald, 31 Dec 1926, Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA. 6 Mrs. Harry Miller, of Philadelphia, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Horrox, Shenandoah Heighs.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Horrox, who spent the Christmas holidays wih the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Horrox, Shenandoah Heighs, returned to their home in High Point, N.C. The trip was made by motor.

3. Census in 1930 in Peekskill, Westchester, NY, United States. 7 The 1930 census recorded renting a home at 609 Franklin St. for $110 a month: Harold C. Horrox, manager of chain department store, 36, living with wife Cletus B., 39. He and his mother were born in Pennsylvania and father in England. She and her parents were born in North Carolina.

4. Census in 1940 in Hazleton, Luzerne, PA. 4 The 1940 census recorded renting a home at 111 N. Church Street in Hazelton: Harold Horrox, 46, manager, living with wife Cletus, 48; and his widowed mother, Emma, 71. In 1935 Harold was living in Morris, New Jersey, and his mother Emma in Philadelphia.

5. Census in 1950 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC. 8 The 1950 census recorded at 4621 42nd Sreett: Harold C. Horrox, traveling salesman for wholesale manufacurer, 56, living wih wife Cletus B., traveling salesman for wholesale manufacurer, 60. He was born in Pennsylvania and she in Norh Carolina.

6. Residence: 621 42nd St NW, Washington, D.C. On 16 Apr 1966 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC. 9


Winnie married Harold Clare Horrox, son of Alfred E. Horrox and Emma Margaret Beacher, on 9 May 1920 in High Point, Guilford, NC.1 (Harold Clare Horrox was born on 14 Apr 1893 in Jacksons, Schuylkill, PA,10 11 12 died on 15 Apr 1966 in Washington, District of Columbia, DC 10 12 and was buried in High Point, Guilford, NC 12.)


Sources


1 The Evening Herald (Shenandoah, PA), 26 May 1920, page 3.

2 Beacher, Bruce Franklin, Beau-Chere, The Beacher Family Newsletter, 1 Dec 1978.

3 Beacher, Bruce Franklin, Beau-Chere, The Beacher Family Newsletter, 1 Mar 1979.

4 1940 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQD2-TG7 Emma Horrox in entry for Harold Horrox, 1940.

5 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch," database, FamilySearch (http://new.familysearch.org : accessed 30 May 2013), entry for Cletus Burgess, person ID K262-3HX.

6 The Evening Herald (Shenandoah, PA), 31 Dec 1926, page 10.

7 1930 United States Census, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4G3-VHZ.

8 "1950 United States Census," https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FQT-WJNM.

9 Winston Salem Journal (Winston Salem, NC), 17 Apr 1966, page 12.

10 U.S. Social Security Death Index, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JPDD-8J7 Harold Horrox, April 1966.

11 1900 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M34Q-S5T Alfred Harix, 1900.

12 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/223139253.



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