Harold R. Bursey: born September 21, 1906; died September 1947 (SSDI). The Bridgeport Post, Saturday, September 6, 1947: Harold R. Bursey died Friday (September 5) in the Lawrence Memorial Hospital, New London, Conn…Mr. Barnum was a weaver and had been employed by the Bridgeport Fabrics Co. He is survived by his wife Adelaide Barnum Bursey, a daughter Leseen Bursey; a brother Lester of Pittsburgh and a sister, Mrs. Violet Steglitz of Boston.