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Burbidges in the News

Most of these items were located through  the University of Utah  which provides a search engine, Utah Digital Newspapers,  for a collection of historical newspapers. The following were located from a variety of those papers.  The Burbidge family has been much reported over the years, which makes this a particularly valuable source for this family research.  Will continue to add items  as they are located through this search engine. Newspaper images can also be found at the search index  at  BYU Online Collections.   

1.  Jan 5 1877.  James W. Burbidge is named on the jury for Salt Lake County for the 3rd Judicial District  Court  reported on page 4, column 4 of the Salt Lake Daily Tribune, Friday Morning, Jan 5 1877, vol. XII, no. 69. This is probably James William Burbidge, Sr.   as his namesake would have been about 17 at the time. 

2.  March 22, 1876 . The youngest daughter of James William & Sarah J. Burbidge, Emma Harriet Burbidge, dies of scarlet fever and sore throat. She was 2 years, 11 months and 8 days. Taken from Deseret News, vol. 25. no.8, column 2, page 127.

3. November 28, 1877. Jesse T. Burbidge appointed President of the Deacon's Quorum of the 17th Ward in the Deseret News Weekly, vol. 26, no. 43, page 673.

4. November 1, 1890. William Burbidge of 17th Ward involved in an accident resulting in the death of a child,  reported in the The Standard, no. 261, volume 3, Ogden City, Utah, November 1, 1890, page 4, column 3.  This was probably James William Burbidge, Jr. as he was reported to be a young man. He was exonerated of any wrongdoing in the affair.

5. November 27, 1891.  Mary Brown Burbidge of the 17th Ward, Salt Lake City died. She was born Dec 16, 1815 in Bedfordshire, England. Reported in the Millenium Star, volume 53, page 816.

6. October 10, 1901. Joseph Edward Burbidge, working as a motorman on the Agriculture park line (trolley?), fired on by a man he and the conductor had tossed off the car earlier in the day. They believed they were "being shot at in deadly earnest." The man was apprehended and taken to jail.  Reported by The Standard, October 10 1901, Ogden, Utah, page 2, column 1. 

7.  February 1 1904. Mrs. Sarah Burbidge, mother of Captain Burbidge, fell on the ice sidewalk and broke her arm. She was visiting her son, George, who lived at Fifth West & Seventh South. She lived at 15 West Second North. Reported in The Ogden Standard, no. 28, Ogden City, Utah, Feb 2 1904, page 8, column 3.

8. January 19 1907. Clifford Burbidge, 8 years old, killed when hit by a snow ball. He was the son of James William Burbidge, Jr  and nephew of Captain Burbidge. The article is from the The Ogden Standard, no. 17, January 19, 1907, page 2, column 1.

9. October 22, 1915. John B. Burbidge, older brother to Joseph Edward Burbidge, worked in law enforcement and was reported as a deputy (before his younger brother became Chief of Police).   John B Burbidge,  deputy, was reported in The Sun, Price, Utah,  vol. 1, no. 21, page 3, column 1.

10. December 5, 1919. Joseph David Burbidge, son of Inspector of Police Burbidge, shot by burglar in his arm when surprised a burglar in his home as reported by the Davis County Clipper, page 3, column 4. 

11. Feb 11 1921. Chief of Police Burbidge kills shooter of Detective Hamby. Reported in the Davis County Clipper, vol. 30, no. 50, page 7, column 2. 

12. Feb 1921. Funeral of Detective Hamby from unidentified newspaper clipping, possibly  the Tribune, with Chief Burbidge as a pallbearer.