Rose Winifred Burgess was the eldest daughter of Mark Burgess and Jane Newbury. She was born in April 1905 in St Pancras, London. In this picture of her as a baby she appears to be a little unsteady on her feet which gives an idea of her age at the time. She looks pretty cheerful about being photographed however.

The 1911 census shows Rose and her parents living in Haringay, in North London. Confusingly, the area is now known as Harringay and is within the London Borough of Haringey. (As one web site introduces it "Harringay, Haringey - So Good They Named It Twice?") Some surprising coincidences are described on a page entitled Census 1911. To return to this page use the link at the foot of the census page.

We know that in 1913 Rose was attending the Allison Road School in Harringay because the Grade 1 children had a class photograph taken on Sept 9th that year. See below.

The indoor setting gives an interesting insight into classrooms at that time, with iron-framed desks and fixed seats arranged in formal rows. The display of model buildings wouldn't look out of place in a modern classroom though. Rose is the girl sitting at the desk beside the notice on the floor which conveniently tells us the name of the school and the date.

Finally, a twenty-first birthday party on or near 15 April 1926 which brings together members of both Burgess families: Rose with her parents and two sisters, Daisy and Winnie; and her future husband Harold with his brother Cyril and mother and sister both named Elizabeth.

Back row: Daisy Burgess, Lucy Elizabeth Burgess, Rose Burgess, ?, Mark Burgess, Winnie Burgess, Harry Loveday

Front row: ?, Harold Burgess, Elizabeth Burgess (née Hely), Jane Burgess (née Newbury), Cyril Burgess

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