Jessie Ann (nee Tarbotton) was born in Birmingham, daughter of John Capes and Sarah Ann Tarbotton. In 1861 father John was a Hide and Leather Factory.
John Gulson Burgess was born in Knighton, a suburb of Leicester. John and Jessie were married in Kings Norton, Birmingham, in 1873.
By 1881, John was an Accountant, still living in Leicester. He and Jessie had 3 children, Edith, Agnes and Julian. Their Household was completed with a Cook, Housemaid and Nurse.
John G was admitted to the Inner temple in 1890, as an Official Receiver in Bankruptcy and Accountant.
In 1891 John and Jessie were living in Loughborough. John was then a Solicitor and Official Receiver. With them were daughter Agnes, and three sons, Julian, Eustace and a 2-day-old, so far unnamed (but presumably Philip). There were 4 female Servants with them.
In 1901, the family was living at Ashby Road, Loughborough. Father John, Mother Jessie, Edith, Agnes, Eustace Humphrey, Philip Gulson, and Jessie Adela, all born in Leicestershire, were in the Household, plus a Cook, Housemaid and Children's Nurse.
By 1911 the family was in Narborough, about 7 miles away from Leicester. John was then retired. Jessie, Eustace, now a Solicitor's Articled Clerk, Philip, Machine Tool Engineer's Apprentice and Jessie Adela, all single, were there, plus a Cook and a Housemaid.
In October 1915 Second Lieutenant Philip Gulson Burgess of the 8th Battalion, the Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) died of wounds, aged 24. He was buried in Douai Communal Cemetery in the North of France. He is recorded on the Sherborne School roll of Honour.
Brother Julian became a Second-Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery in 1916. He survived the War. He was a pupil at Rugby School, and had been articled to his Uncle Edward Burgess, as an Architect.
In 1917, John and Jessie Ann were living at Belsize House, in Mill Road, Worthing, where Jessie continued to live after John's death in March. Probate was given to Jessie and son Julian.
In 1939, at Belsize House, 4 Mill Road, Jessie Adela was doing Unpaid House Duties' in the home of her Mother, Jessie, who was living on private means. Also there was brother Eustace, now a Retired Solicitor. They also had a Cook and a Parlourmaid.
Jessie Ann died at Belsize House.