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Wallace Bloomfield Burdett
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Name Wallace Bloomfield Burdett Birth 7 Nov 1865 North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Gender Male Death 27 Jul 1949 Wolfeboro, Carroll County, New Hampshire
Burial Riverside Cemetery, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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EPSOM, July 26—Funeral services for Wallace Burdett, 84, who was killed Sunday in an automobile accident in Center Barnstead, will be held Wednesday at the Richardson Funeral home in Lynn, Mass. Burial will be in North Reading, Mass.
Mr. Burdett was a familiar figure in Epsom, where he visited relatives from the time he was a boy. He was born in North Reading, Mass., in 1865, the son of Elwood and Mary Flint. After the death of his father, he was adopted into the Burdett family, and took the name as his own. He formerly was a shoe manufacturer in Lynn, Mass. Of late years, Mr. Burdett spent his winters in Florida; but usually came back to New England for visits with relatives in the summer.
The survivors include two sons, Leonard F. Burdett of Richmond, Va., and Edgar U. Burdett, Swampscott, Mass.; six grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. At the time of his death, Mr. Burdett was staying at Crystal Lake, Gilmanton Iron Works, at the cottage of his son, Edgar.
(The Concord Daily Monitor, Concord, New Hampshire · Tuesday, July 26, 1949)
Person ID I30973 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 10 May 2026
Father Henry Elwood Flint, b. 5 Dec 1837, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
d. 26 Nov 1869, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
(Age 31 years) Relationship Birth Mother Mary Frances Walsh, b. 25 May 1837, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
d. 24 Oct 1912, Wakefield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
(Age 75 years) Relationship Birth Marriage 17 Dec 1856 North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Family ID F20515 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Father Jonathan Nichols Burditt, b. 10 Jan 1819, Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
d. 20 Apr 1885, North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
(Age 66 years) Relationship Adopted Mother Frances A. Cook, b. 22 Aug 1839, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
d. 19 May 1898, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
(Age 58 years) Relationship Adopted Marriage 13 Feb 1857 North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Family ID F11420 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Upton, b. 1866 d. 19 Feb 1928 (Age 62 years) Marriage 24 May 1887 North Reading, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Children + 1. Leonard Flint Burdett, b. 19 Sep 1887, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
d. 11 Nov 1979, Branford, New Haven County, Connecticut
(Age 92 years)2. Edgar Upton Burdett, b. 6 May 1889, Lynn, Essex County, Massachusetts
d. Nov 1961, Seminole, Pinellas County, Florida
(Age 72 years)Family ID F20516 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 10 May 2026
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