Parents: William F. and Mary Lorena Pratt Burge*.

1900 U.S. Census for Buffalo & Pine Precincts, Long Pine village, Brown Co., Nebraska:
William Burge M 30 yrs, b. Dec. 1870 Iowa; farmer
wife Mary Burge F 23 yrs, b. Feb. 1877 Iowa
son Manuel Burge M 7 yrs, b. Oct. 1893 Neb.
daughter Marian Burge F 7 yrs, b. Oct. 1893 Neb.
daughter Alta M Burge F 3 yrs, b. Mar. 1897 Neb.
son Bryan Burge M 1 yr, b. June 1899 Neb.

William and Mary were married ca 1893. They had 4 children, all living at the time of this census.

1910 U.S. Census for Pine, Brown Co., Nebraska:
William Burge M 40y Iowa
wife Marion [Mary] Burge F 34y Iowa
son Marion Burge M 16y Nebraska
son Manuel Burge M 16y Nebraska
dau Alta Burge F 13y Nebraska
son Bryan Burge M 10y Nebraska
son Orvil Burge M 8y Nebraska
dau Ellen Burge F 6y Nebraska
son Clem Burge M 2y Nebraska

1920 U.S. Census for Brown Co., Nebraska:
William F Burge M 50yrs, b. 1870 Iowa
wife Mary L Burge F 43yrs, b. 1877 Iowa
son Orville M Burge M 17yrs, b. 1903 Nebraska
dau Ellen A Burge F 15y Nebraska
son Clem Burge M 12y Nebraska
dau Goldie E Burge F 9y Nebraska
dau Edna G Burge F 7y Nebraska
son William R Burge M 4yrs 4mos, b. Feb. 1916 Neb.
dau Bernice L Burge F 1y11m Nebraska


Orville m. Melitta ca 1938.

1940 U.S. Census for Bloom, Bloom Township, Ford Co., Kansas:
Orville M Burge M 38 Nebraska; truck driver
wife Melitta Burge F 33 Kansas
daughter Beverly Burge F 5 Kansas
son Larry Burge M 1 yr, b. 1939 Kansas

Orville worked for a natural gas company. They lived in the same house in 1935.

In 1946, at the time of his father's passing, he and his family were living in Scotts Bluff, Kansas.


Note: His brother, William R. Burge, is also buried in this cemetery.

Between 1920-30, his parents and some of his siblings had moved to South Dakota. See his brother William's memorial for the 1930 U.S. Census for his parents in S.D.

1940 U.S. Census for Philip City, Philip Townshuip, Haakon Co., South Dakota:
William F Burge M 70 yrs, b. 1870 Iowa
wife Mary L Burge F 64 yrs, b. 1876 Iowa
son Manuel F Burge M 46 yrs, b. 1894 Nebraska; trucker
daughter Doris A Burge F 19 yrs, b. 1921 Nebraska


*"The Lusk Herald", Lusk, Niobrara Co., Wyoming
January 24, 1957

Funeral Services for Mrs. Burge Are Held Sunday

Funeral services were held Sunday at 2:00 p.m. for Mrs. Mary Burge from Peet Chapel with Rev. Otha B. Holcomb, pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating. Burial was made in the Lusk Cemetery.

Mrs. Emerson Bonner and Mrs. A. F. DeCastro sang "Shall We Meet at the River" and "Beautiful Garden of Prayer." Mrs. J. P. Watson was organist.

Casket bearers were L. T. Bonner, Emerson Bonner, Gilbert Brinckerhoff, Thomas Neilson, Frank Taylor and Emil Klemke.

Mary Lorena Pratt was born in Fayette County, Iowa March 1, 1876. She was the second child in a family of seven children. In 1892 she was married to William F. Burge at Ainsworth, Nebr. They were the parents of 13 children. They are Marion, Wenatchee, Wash.; Manuel, Chico, Calif.; Alta Seeley, Topeka, Kan.; Bryan, Lusk; Ellen Gunn, Kingsdown, Kan.; Orville, Roseburg, Ore.; Clem, Scottsbluff; Goldie, Conn. and Edna Hong, Sutherlin, Ore.; William, Roseburg, Ore.; Bernice Parr, Sutherlin, Ore. and Doris Paisley, Casper.

Survivors include her 12 children; 35 grandchildren; 37 great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren, and one sister, Mabel Pratt, Ainsworth, Nebr.

Her husband, one son, one sister and four brothers previously died.