Robert Henry Burmister Gravestone
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Museum Staff Personnel Unknown C133pg.jpg C-133 B&W 1020-0133-0020 C133pg 35mm Negative <2x3 Historic Photographs c. 1987 Reproduction requires permission. Digital images property of SHM Library & ArchivesDescription
This is a photograph of the Robert Henry Burmister gravestone located in the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.
Burmister family patriarch Robert Henry Burmister (b. 1847 - d. 1946) was a Prescott businessman, banker and builder. He came to Prescott in 1874 and married Margaret Foreman Bashford (b. 1850 - d. 1917), daughter of local business man Coles Bashford (b. 1816 - d. 1878) and Frances Adams (Forman) Bashford (b. 1827 – d. 1911). Robert became a partner in the Bashford family store, known as the Bashford-Burmister Store Inc. He was elected mayor of Prescott in 1900 and involved in various mining and business endeavors in Prescott. Several years later, Robert married his second wife Elna Toller of Georgia, who survived him. Robert's gravestone is located in the Burmister family plot in Mountain View, Cemetery, Oakland, California.
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