Family Life
Burges was the first daughter of Colonel William E. P. Burges (known as Peter) and Millicent P. Burges (née Miller). She was raised at the family's home in South Gloucestershire, called The Ridge. She had one sister.
Burges married Major Stuart B. Rawlins in 1925. They had two sons, Christopher and Philip. Burges died giving birth to her third child, a daughter, in August 1930. The child also died.
Read more about this topic: Olivia Burges
Famous quotes containing the words family and/or life:
“It is best for all parties in the combined family to take matters slowly, to use the crock pot instead of the pressure cooker, and not to aim for a perfect blend but rather to recognize the pleasures to be enjoyed in retaining some of the distinct flavors of the separate ingredients.”
—Claire Berman (20th century)
“Kittering’s brain. What we will he think when he resumes life in that body? Will he thank us for giving him a new lease on life? Or will he object to finding his ego living in that human junk heap?”
—W. Scott Darling, and Erle C. Kenton. Dr. Frankenstein (Sir Cedric Hardwicke)