Contents and Site Map

Contents and site map

As well as showing the links and descriptions for all the web pages on the website, I have used indents to indicate the structure of the site.

In the first column are all the pages that appear on the site's menu bar. Apart from the Home page, they all have a green background, like this page.

In the second column are links for pages that may only be accessed from a page that is on the menu bar. Any page in the third column may be accessed from the second-column page listed above it. These pages in the second and third columns have a brown background; they also have a "Back" button at the top left and a "Return to..." link at the foot of the page to return to the previous page in the hierarchy.

The only exceptions are pages where the link opens a new window. These pages provide information, such as sources, family trees or maps, which assist with understanding the previous page linked to them. Some are brown, some white, and there are no "Back" buttons; the previous page in the hierarchy will still be open in another window. These links always state that a new wndow will be opened.

Home: new content is listed by date with a link to each new or altered page.
Introduction: explains how the website is arranged around the eight great grandparents of one generation of Burgesses.
Dorset Burgesses: Henry James Burgess, born in 1867 and brought up in Wareham, then married in London.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Burgess family tree.
	Jane Hordle: mother of Henry James; she lost her eldest son and her police constable husband to cholera in 1866.
	Harold Burgess and TB: son of Henry James; describes in letters how he was treated for TB in 1930-31.
	Harold Burgess: the creative side: son of Henry James; examples of his practical skills.
		Newspaper extracts from 1927: a selection of articles from newspapers found behind one of Harold's watercolours.
	William Payne senior: 2 x great grandfather of Henry James; references to William Payne and his family in the Wareham parish records between 1768 and 1818.
		William Payne: great grandfather of Henry James; his Settlement examination in 1818; the Payne family of thatchers.
	Grace Parmiter's origins: great grandmother of Henry James; tracing her family back through 18th century documents.
	Payne brothers and Militia: 3 x great uncles of Henry James; serving in the Dorsetshire Militia and as a Marine on the prison ship Jersey.
	Cyril Sidney Burgess: youngest son of Henry James; describing his adventurous life.
		Cyril Burgess, timeline of travels: his mostly overland journeys to Australia to visit his son Stephen.
			Cyril in China: a trip lasting nearly a month touring China as part of an Australia/China Friendship Society.
	Highclere Road in WW2: the Burgess family moved into Highclere Road, New Malden a month after war was declared in 1939.
The Hely Family: Elizabeth Lucy Hely, born in London in 1870, married Henry James Burgess.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Hely family tree.
	James Joseph Hely: father of Elizabeth Lucy; the family confectionary business.
	Tamson Deane: mother of Elizabeth Lucy; tracing her name through the censuses.
Cambridgeshire Burgesses: Mark Burgess; carpenter; his father, also Mark, an ostler from Cambridgeshire.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Burgess family tree.
	Mark Burgess: introducing three areas of interest.
		Kramburg pianos: Mark's piano business; a rediscovered Kramburg piano.
		First World War Aircraft: the two aircraft Mark worked on.
		Downing Street letter: Mark offers ideas to help in the Second World War.
	Rose Burgess: daughter of Mark; working as a children's nurse.
	William Bray's will: 3 x great grandfather of Mark; his will of 1766 confirms several family relationships.
	George Finmore: 2 x great grandfather of Mark; a Thames fisherman; his 1834 will and his children.
		Henry Finmore: 2 x great uncle of Mark; butler to headmaster of Eton College; described in books by Eton boys.
		William Finmore: great grandfather of Mark; Thames fisherman recalled in Francis Buckland's book.
	The Fish Family of Windsor: Mark's great grandmother Mary Fish and her family.
	Hannah Jeneway: Mark's great grandmother and her family.
		Annuities: explaining tontines.
	The Walkers of Camden Town: Sarah Martha Walker née Burgess, sister of Mark; why did she change her name to Annie Emma?
	Joseph Burgess and the Rutland Connection: Mark's great grandfather; some of his Rutland ancestors were also carpenters.
The Newbury Family: Jane Newbury, born in Hammersmith, married Mark Burgess.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Newbury family tree.
	John Edward Newbury: Jane's father; life in 19th century rural Wiltshire.
	David James Looker: grandfather of Jane; his father, also David, born in Marlborough; cab driver; widower with young family.
	Henry Spiers: great grandfather of Jane; a sawyer and his sawyer sons.
	James Henry Newbury: Jane's brother; attempted murder of James on 29 Feb 1920 and the trial at the Old Bailey that followed.
The Taylor Family: David Dickson Taylor, born in Liverpool; Scottish family roots; family property.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Taylor family tree.
	James Taylor the younger: David Dickson Taylor's father; 20 Anfield Road; second marriage.
	James Taylor and Mary Adam: grandparents of David Dickson Taylor; St Ninians.
		Glasgow census entries: opens new window showing census records for the Taylor and Wallace families after their move from St Ninians to Glasgow: 1861 to 1901.
	St Ninians and Adam family: Tracing the lives of members of the Adam family who lived in St Ninians: their marriages, children and farms.
		Adam family in the censuses: opens new window showing Adam family members and their farms from 1841 to 1901.
		Stirlingshire maps: opens new window showing five maps covering the Adam family farms in the St Ninians area.
	John Johnston: great grandfather of David Dickson Taylor; master of a Leith smack; references to Sir Walter Scott, Robert Mudie and King George IV.
	Dicksons of Leith: the Scottish family of Sarah Dickson, David Dickson Taylor's mother; dyers.
	Tom's wedding cake: made for the wedding of Tom Higson and Mary Taylor, daughter of David Dickson Taylor, by Tom Jennings, a cousin from a family empire of bakers.
		Jennings Family Chart: opens new window showing the family chart for the extended Jennings family explaining how they are related.
	Kirk O'Muir Cemetery: Adam family members buried at Kirk O'Muir Cemetery, St Ninians.
	Index to James Taylor's Letters: letters sent home by James, David Dickson Taylor's son, during WW2.
		James Taylor Letters 1: Oct '40 - Feb '41, training for Royal Tank Regiment at Bovington and Warminster.
		James Taylor Letters 2: Feb 1941, describing wireless training at Warminster.
		James Taylor Letters 3: Mar - Apr 1941, finishing training; letter written while on the way to embarkation.
		James Taylor Letters 4: Apr - Jun 1941, at sea on board SS Sobieski, shore leave welcome.
		James Taylor Letters 5: Jun - Aug 1941, return to Durban, live cargo, Belfast coincidence.
		James Taylor Letters 6: Aug - Oct 1941, Western Desert; learning he had a son, daily life.
		James Taylor Letters 7: Oct - Dec 1941, Western Desert; cooking, margarine recovery, dysentery, Christmas Airgraph, desert bivvy.
		James Taylor Letters 8: Jan - Mar 1942, Western Desert; Christmas Day, large cat, dust storm.
		James Taylor Letters 9: Mar 1942, Western Desert; housekeeping and transport problems, weather, censorship.
		James Taylor Letters 10: Apr 1942, Western Desert; philosophy and monotony, mirage, new lorry and old car, poetry.
		James Taylor Letters 11: Apr - May 1942, Western Desert; heat and water, buttermaking book, rumours, German hymns, sandstorm and straining coffee.
		James Taylor Letters 12: May - June 1942, the Battle of Gazala.
		James Taylor Letters 13: July - August 1942, Western Desert; post-battle thoughts, telegram, cricket and cinema, on leave.
		James Taylor Letters 14: August - October 1942, Western Desert; state of mind; humour, religion, sports injuries, Technical Storeman, the Nile Delta and guard duty.
		James Taylor Letters 15: October - December 1942, Western Desert; buckshees, El Alamein, wireless, religion, mice and trap, gun pit.
		James Taylor Letters 16: December 1942 - January 1943, Western Desert; drivers on leave in Tel Aviv, thoughts about war and religion, Thermos flasks, a near miss.
		James Taylor Letters 17: January 1943 - March 1943, Western Desert; wildlife, thoughts following retaking of Tripoli, debugging, food, photos from home.
		James Taylor Letters 18: March 1943 - July 1943, Western Desert; Fred Stanier's Navy friend, M.O.I. films, Jock Miller's story, 50 Division, arrival in Sicily.
		James Taylor Letters 19: July 1943 - October 1943, Italy; landing in Sicily, island description, food, Wellington bomber, malaria, mainland Italy and armistice signing.
		James Taylor Letters 20: October 1943, Italy; state of mind, biting ants, latest lorry and contents, local conditions and locals, armistice, memories, food.
		James Taylor Letters 21: October 1943 - January 1944, Italy; the country, animal life, problems with money, food and lorry, ENSA, jaundice, leaving Italy.
		James Taylor Letters 22: March 1944 - June 1944, Worthing; seeing Pip and son Dave, inspection, Brigadier's speech, Normandy landing on D3.
		James Taylor Letters 23: June 1944 - July 1944, France; the state of French villages after "liberation", enemy action, menus, defining the Desert Rats, Donald the Duck.
		James Taylor Letters 24: July 1944 - August 1944, France; slit-trench, A.E.F. entertainment, the changing scenery, War Bonus complaint, Falaise Gap.
		James Taylor Letters 25: August - September 1944, France and Belgium; the local population, living conditions, prisoners, schoolmaster Albert Rooms.
		James Taylor Letters 26: September - November 1944; Belgium and Holland; Operation Market Garden, billets and the local population, bombing techniques.
		James Taylor Letters 27: November 1944 - January 1945; Holland and Belgium; some rest and preparation, sanitary arrangements, billets and bombing.
		James Taylor Letters 28: January - April 1945, Belgium, Holland and Germany; movements and preparations for crossing the Rhine.
			Propaganda booklet: opens new window showing German propaganda booklet aimed at the Dutch.
			Translation: opens new window showing a transcription and translation of the above booklet.
		James Taylor Letters 29: April - May 1945, Germany; the effects of war on the country and population, towards Bremen and Hamburg, VE Day.
Dicksons from Ireland: Mary Dickson, born in Downpatrick; maried David Dickson Taylor.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Dickson family tree.
	Dicksons of Downpatrick: James Taylor, son of Mary Dickson, describes his Irish family.
	Hugh Jennings the turnkey: Mary Dickson's grandfather and his career in the Irish prison service.
	David Dickson: brother of Mary Dickson; emigration to New York on RMS Majestic.
Hilditch Family from Audley: Thomas Percy Hilditch, born in Islington; Professor at Liverpool; parents from Staffordshire; origin of the name Hilditch.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Hilditch family tree.
	Professor Hilditch: Owen's School; University College, London; Crosfield; Two World Wars; Professorship; Royal Society; CBE and other awards.
	Co-op Invoice: an invoice from 1912 when Thomas Percy bought almost all he needed to set up home in Warrington after his marriage to Elizabeth Lawrence.
	Thomas Hilditch and Priscilla Hall: the parents of Thomas Percy; the origins and wider families of both; butler at Apedale Hall; Burley Pit concert.
		Apedale Colliery: poster advertising concert for Apedale Colliery Explosion.
	Audley, Staffordshire: Hilditch monumental inscription; Tithe records and the Butchers' Arms; Assistant Overseer of the Poor; adulterated butter; wills and gravestones.
	William Statham: a miner and great grandfather of Thomas Percy; "Drop it" Statham.
	Jessie Margaret Hilditch: daughter of Thomas Percy; a memoir of her wartime and working life; the ATS and St Asaph Hospital.
	Sisters and Aunts: the lives and particularly the occupations of seven Hilditch and three Hall relations of Thomas Percy.
Elizabeth Lawrence: born in Islington Workhouse; living with Chalkley and Howard families; married Thomas Percy Hilditch; "Birchdene", Grappenhall.
	Sources: opens new window showing source citations for the Lawrence family tree.
	Elizabeth Monica Lawrence: returning to London; further children; Guy's Hospital; cousins reunited.
	Census 1911: Hilditch and Burgess families may have met; Green Lanes.
Memorabilia: a contents page for the pages listed below.
	Burgess Transport: photos of old vehicles with a Burgess family connection.
		Dudley Hely and sports car racing: great-nephew of Elizabeth Lucy Hely.
	Taylor Transport: photos of old vehicles with a Taylor family connection.
	Frances Amelia Looker: aunt to Jane Newbury; domestic service in Worthing; marriage to a prison warder; retirement in Kent.
		Attack on Walter Miles: husband of Frances Amelia Looker; newspaper report.
	Sophia Looker's Sampler: aunt to Jane Newbury; sampler created in 1857; needing the workhouse.
	Wartime documents: WWII: "Beating the Invader"; "Message from King George VI".
	Soldiers' Guides: Second World War guides for Sicily and Italy.
	Toy Books: pre-1914 children's books: front covers with links to the illustrations inside.
		Mother Goose: the whole story.
		The House That Jack Built: three illustrations.
		Dear Old Santa Claus: three illustrations.
		Jack and the Beanstalk: four illustrations.
		The Babes in the Wood: four illustrations.
	Wedding Photographs: changing styles through the years.
	Taylor mystery woman: an ambrotype from mid-nineteenth century; who is she?
	Taylor mystery man: a miniature portrait of a man in uniform from about 1800; who is he?
	Edwardian Postcards: postcards sent between 1905 and 1912 to Ethel Burgess née Wallis, daughter-in-law of Henry James Burgess.
	Alfred Francis Thomas MM: a friend of Mark Burgess's family who died in France in 1918.
	The First World War: an introduction to fifteen family members who fought in the war with links to the two pages shown below, for two family groups. All those who died in the war have links to CWGC commemorative certificates.
		The First World War - Taylor: Cyril Andrew; Frederick Hall; brothers Arthur and John Hilditch.
		The First World War - Burgess: brothers Albert, Charles and Reginald Flower; George Newbury; Percy Morris; Edward Parker; George Rice; Joseph Burgess; James Hordle; brothers Reginald and Albert Burgess.
Family Trees: a contents page for the pages listed below.
	Tree for James Adam and Isabella Muirhead: great grandparents of David Dickson Taylor; descendants' tree.
	Tree for William Bray: 3 x great grandfather of Mark Burgess; descendants' tree.
	Tree for James Dickson: grandfather of Mary Dickson; descendants' tree.
	Tree for John Fish: 4 x great grandfather of Mark Burgess; descendants' tree.
	Tree for Jonathan Griffin: 3 x great grandfather of Mark Burgess; descendants' tree.
	Tree for John Johnston and Sarah Ainslie: great grandparents of David Dickson Taylor; descendants' tree.
	Tree for Thomas Payne and Mary Chiles: 3 x great grandparents of Henry James Burgess; descendants' tree.
	Tree for John Statham: 2 x great grandfather of Thomas Percy Hilditch; descendants' tree.
Links: just a few links to other websites that have a direct connection to families on this site.
Contents and Site Map: as seen.

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