Burgess, Georgina Jane (c. 1839–1904)
Burgess, Georgina Jane (c. 1839–1904)
New Zealand innkeeper, midwife, postmaster. Name variations: Georgina Jane Gilbert. Born Georgina Jane Gilbert, c. 1836–1841, in Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1904; dau. of James Gilbert (tailor) and Jane (Currie) Gilbert; m. John Burgess, 1858; children: 6.
Immigrated with family to New Zealand (c. 1844); assisted husband with cooking and housekeeping in Burke Pass hotel; served as midwife to community, traveling long distances; assumed husband's part-time duties as postmaster upon his resignation (1885).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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