William Burke (1841-1919)/Notes

William Burke (1845-1919) b. circa March 19, 1845, County Sligo, Ireland, United Kingdom d. July 29, 1919, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Immigration: February 15, 1863, New York Naturalization: October 27, 1874, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Milk Dealer

Birth: Date of Birth: 1842 Source: Citizenship Certificate, 1871 Note: Earliest Recording Date of Birth: 1845 Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1880 Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 Date of Birth: 1843 Source: US Census, Pennsylvania, 1910 Date of Birth: 1839 Source: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1919 Date of Birth: March 19, 1841 Source: Death Certificate, 1919 Place of Birth: Ireland, United Kingdom Father: John Burke (c1820-?) Mother: Mary X (c1820-?) Source: Death Certificate, 1919 Source: Citizenship Certificate, 1871 Place of Birth: County Sligo, Ireland, United Kingdom Note: year of birth ranges from 1839-1845, 1842 is the earliest recorded reference Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Telephone Conversation, March 23, 2001

Siblings: Michael Burke? Note: Original document is in the collection of Vincent Norton Source: Baptism Certificate, Mary Ellen Burke, 1870

Immigration: Date of Immigration: February 15, 1863 Source: Citizenship Certificate, William Burke, 1871 Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900

Marriage: Date of Marriage: 1868 Place of Marriage: New Jersey, USA Spouse: Margaret Kane (c1834-1912) Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900

Children: Mary Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Source: Baptismal Certificate, Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957), 1870, Certified Transcription, 1930 John Joseph Burke (1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 Source: Thomas Patrick Norton (1920- ), 1998

Naturalization (Citizenship): Declaration of Intention: October 30, 1871 Date of Citizenship: October 27, 1874 Place of Citizenship: Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Country of Origin: Ireland Note: Original document is in the collection of Vincent Norton and was passed down in the family Source: Citizenship Certificate, 1874 Source: Declaration of Intention, Hudson County, NJ, 1871

Death: Name: William Burke Date of Death: Tuesday, July 29, 1919 Place of Death: Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Cause of Death: Exhaustion from Senile Dementia Residence at Death: Morton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Informant: Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Source: Holy Cross Cemetery, 1998 Source: Death Certificate, William Burke, 1919

Provenance of Naturalization Certificate: William Burke (1841-1919) Possesion 1874-1919 Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Posession 1919-1957 Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) Posession 1957-1995 Vincent Girard Norton (1923- ) Posession 1995-present Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998

Occupation: Laborer (1880) Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1880 Milk Dealer (1890-1891) Source: Jersey City, New Jersey Directory, 1890-1891 Source: Death Certificate, William Burke, 1919

William Burke (1841-1919) by Mary Jane Burke (1941- ): He moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania when he was older and retired. Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Oral Testimony, March 20, 2001

Burial: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery Bailey Rd & Yeadon Avenue Yeadon, PA 19050-3839 Telephone: 610-626-2206 Name, Burial Date Section: Section: T Range: 6 Lot: 59 South Grave Bertha Prasky nee Burke, January 30, 1971 May Veronica Norton nee Burke, October 10, 1995 Section: Section: T Range: 6 Lot: 59 North Grave Richard Patterson, February, 1930 Mary Ellen Patterson nee Burke Section: Section: T Range: 6 Lot: 59 Center Grave William Burke, July 1919 Margaret Burke nee Kane, June 1912 Section: Emerick Pio, December 28, 1964 Deceased Explained: Margaret Kane (1834-1912) Wife of William William Burke (1841-1919) Husband of Margaret Richard B. Patterson II (1864-1930) Husband of Mary Mary (Mame) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Daughter of William and Margaret Bertha M. Burke (1902-1971) Granddaughter of William and Margaret Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) Grand-daughter of William and Margaret Emerick Pio (1879-1964) Unknown Source: Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, 1998

Potential Tombstone Inscription: BURKE Margaret nee Kane (1834-1912) William (1841-1919) Milk Dealer Richard B. Patterson II (1864-1930) Mary (Mame) Ellen (1870-1957) Bertha Marie (1902-1971) Josephine (May) (1907-1995) Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 2001

Provenance of Deed, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery: William Burke (1841-1919) Possesion 1874-1919 Mary (Mamie) Ellen Patterson nee Burke (1870-1957) Posession 1919-1957 Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) Posession 1957-1995 Vincent Girard Norton (1923- ) Posession 1995-present Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998

Imigrant Ancestor Information: BURKE - KANE William Burke (1841-1919) b. March 19, 1841, Ireland, United Kingdom d. July 29, 1919, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Citizenship: October 27, 1874, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Potential Sibling: Michael Burke Spouse: Margaret Kane Children: Mary Ellen Burke (1870-1957), John J. Burke Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998

Archive: Photograph, William Burke, Margaret Kane, Mary Ellen Burke, abt 1900 Cemetery Deed, Holy Cross Cemetery, 1912 Naturalization Certificate, 1874 Archivist: Vincent Gerard Norton (1923- ) Death Certificate, PA, 1919, Certified Copy, 1998 Naturalization Petition, 1874, Photocopy 1998 Archivist: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Missing Documents: Birth Certificate, Ireland, 1839 Marriage Certificate Source: Richard Arthur Norton

The Blizzard of 1888: Storm In 1888 Left 400 Dead, Caused $20 Million In Damage --- The Blizzard of 1888 began on March 11 as a soft, gentle rain. But it quickly turned to heavy snow, accompanied by wind gusts up to 80 mph and temperatures that dropped to near zero. Three days later, 400 people were dead, damages were estimated at $20 million and snowdrifts reached to the tops of houses from New York to New England. Accumulations included 50 inches in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; 48 in Bennington, Vt.; and 45 in New Haven, Conn. New York City received only 22 inches - but that was enough to paralyze the city completely. Elevated trains stalled for hours, and horse-drawn street cars were abandoned. Cabbies charged as much as $50 a ride (more than $600 today). Some people who refused to pay walked instead - and were found dead in snowbanks days later. Ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling, once the most powerful Republican in the Senate, walked into the blizzard from his Manhattan home and was never seen again. Hotels filled up and rented space in their closets, stairwells and on top of pool tables. Hundreds of trains were stuck, and their passengers had to scrounge food from local residents. In Lewes, Del., 25 ships were hurled across the harbor by gale-force winds; two sank. The storm helped persuade New York and other cities to replace their elevated trains with subways and to bury utility wires. Source: AP News, March 14, 1993

Jersey City, New Jersey Directory, 1889-90: Burke William, home, 26 Atlantic, page 96 Burke John J., clerk, home, 26 Atlantic, page 95 Jersey City, New Jersey Directories, 1891-93: Mary Burke, dressmaker, 26 Atlantic Jersey City, NJ 1891 William Burke, milk, 26 Atlantic, Jersey City, NJ 1891 William Burke, 26 Atlantic, Jersey City, NJ 1893 Intepretation: William Burke (1841-1919) John Joseph Burke (1868-c1940) aka Black Jack Burke Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Daughter of William Note: Mary married July 21, 1892, so she doesnt appear at this address anymore Source: Jersey City, New Jersey Directories, 1891-93

William Burke (1841-1919) by Mary Jane Burke (1941- ): William Burke (1841-1919) was a dairy operator in Jersey City and he was from County Sligo, Ireland. His wife may have been from the same Irish County, I don't know if the met in the US or married in Ireland. Their farm may have been where St. Patrick's Church was built, or nearby to it. The church was built in 1898 and the school may have been around 1904. For some reason they moved to Pennsylvania when they were older, perhaps they retired from the farm and lived with their daughter, Mary Ellen Burke. Their daughter was already living in Pennsylvania. Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Telephone Conversation, March 23, 2001

William Burke (1841-1919) by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): William Burke came from County Sligo in Ireland and emigrated to the United States on February 15, 1863. He settled in Jersey City, New Jersey where the ferry dropped him off from Immigration. He married Margaret Kane of Ireland around 1868 and had two children, John and Mary. He applied for citizenship October 30, 1871and was awarded it on October 27, 1874. He wasn't able to sign his name and just put an "x" next to his name on the certificate. The certificate was passed down in the family to his grandaughter Josephine (May) Veronica Burke. He bought a dairy farm on Atlantic Avenue and he became a milk dealer. In 1900 William and Margaret were on their farm and John, now widowed was livingwith them. Mary and her husband, Richard Patterson were also living there, as was an unrelated family. His son, John Joesph helped at the farm but John's quickness to anger and drinking were too much for William to handle and John had to leave. When William and Margaret grew older and retired they moved in with their daughter, Mary Ellen Burke who had moved to Delaware County, Pennsylvania. Mary Burke's husband's family was from the area. They appear on the 1910 census together. Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), Written Testimony, March 29, 2001

Home: County Sligo, Ireland, United Kingdom (1841-1863) Source: Citizenship Certificate, William Burke, 1871 Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Telephone Conversation, 2001 Burke Dairy Farm, 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, USA (1889-1893) Source: Jersey City, New Jersey Directory, 1889-1893 Source: Birth Certificate, Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Source: Marriage Certificate, Richard Patterson and Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke, 1892 Burke Dairy Farm, 28 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ, 07304-2302, USA (1900) Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 Morton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA (1910-1919) Source: Pennsylvania Census Miracode Index, 1910 Source: Death Certificate, Margaret Kane, 1912 Source: Death Certificate, William Burke, 1919

Residence: County Sligo, Ireland, United Kingdom (1841-1863); Burke Dairy Farm, 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA (1889-1900); Morton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA (1910-1919)

Burke Family by Mary Jane Burke (1941- ): William Burke (1841-1919) William Burke (1841-1919) was a dairy farmer in Jersey City and he was from County Sligo, Ireland. His wife may have been from the same Irish County, I don't know if the met in the US or married in Ireland. Their farm may have been where St. Patrick's Church was built, or nearby to it. The church was built in 1898 and the school may have been around 1904. For some reason they moved to Pennsylvania when they were older, perhaps they retired from the farm and lived with their daughter, Mary Ellen Burke. Their daughter was already living in Pennsylvania John Joseph Burke (1868-c1940) aka Black Jack Burke: I think the family of John Joseph may have been given to his sister when they were in grade school. They were sent there when he was having financial trouble, so they could have a proper education. They were never in an orphanage at any time. My dad said he hated living with Mary Ellen Burke, and he never felt wanted there. The kids were around 13 and 14 and the year was around 1924 or 1925. John Joseph Burke's children ended up moving back with their parents, and Bertha and May stayed with Mary Ellen Burke. Money was very tight and William never finished grade school. My father, John Stephen Burke had a job rewiring gas fixtures for elecricity, then he worked in the Brooklyn Naval Yard. He lied about his age so he could get a job there. He was a civilian employee. Owen worked for a trucking company in Piscataway that had moved from Jersey City. Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Telephone Conversation, March 23, 2001

Chronology of Willam Burke (1841-1919): 1841 Birth of Willam Burke in Ireland 1845 The Great Famine begins when potato crop fails from fungal infestation 1848 The Great Famine ends 1860 US Census 1863 Move to US from Ireland 1863 Arrive in New York on February 15th 1868 (circa) Marriage to Margaret Kane in US 1868 (circa) Birth of John Joseph Burke I, his son 1870 Jersey City, Hudson City and Bergen merged into Jersey City on March 17th 1870 US Census without William Burke 1870 (circa) Birth of Mary Ellen Burke, his daughter, in Jersey City on March 21st 1871 Declaration of Intention for Naturalization on October 30th 1873 Greenville merges into the Greater Jersey City 1874 Citizenship awarded in Jersey City, NJ on October 27th 1880 US Census with William Burke 1886 Birth of John Patterson, his grand-daughter in May 1888 Blizzard leaves 22 inches of snow in New York City on March 11th to 12th 1888 Birth of Leona Veronica Patterson, his grand-daughter in May 1890 US Census (later destroyed) 1890 Living at 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 1890 Working as a Milk Dealer at 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey 1890 Birth of Mary Margaret Burke, his grand-daughter on September 7th 1898 Death of Nora Finn, daughter-in-law, wife of John Joseph Burke on June 24th 1900 Living on Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City 1900 US Census with William Burke as Head of Household 1905 (circa) Move from Jersey City, NJ to Morton, PA to retire 1910 Living in Morton, Delaware County, Pennsylvania 1910 US Census with Richard B. Patterson as Head of Household 1912 Death of Margaret Kane, his wife 1912 Purchase of cemetery plot in Holy Cross Cemetery, Darby, PA for Margaret Kane 1912 Burial of Margaret Kane, his wife, on June 12th 1919 Hospitalization in Philadelphia on July 21st 1919 Death of William Burke on July 29th 1919 Burial of William Burke in Darby, PA on July 30th Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998

1910 US Census, Pennsylvania: Enumeration District 0148, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, USA Household: Richard B. Patterson, head, age 47, b. New York Mary E. Patterson, wife, age 37, b. New Jersey William Burke, father-in-law, age 67, b. Ireland Margaret Burke, mother-in-law, age 76, b. Ireland Leone V. Patterson, daughter, age 21, b. Pennsylvania Bertha Burke, niece, age 7, b. New Jersey Household Interpreted: Richard B. Patterson II (1864-1930) Husband of Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Daughter of William Burke and husband of Richard Patterson Leona V. Patterson (1889-1963) Daughter of Richard Patterson and Mary Burke William Burke (1841-1919) Husband of Margaret Kane and father of Mary Burke Margaret Kane (1832-1912) Wife of William Burke Bertha Marie Burke (1902-1971) Granddaughter of William Burke and Margaret Kane Source: US Census, Pennsylvania, 1910

1900 US Census, New Jersey: Enumeration District 132, Sheet 16, Line 99 28 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Household: Richard Patterson, head, age 31, b. April 1869 in Pennsylvania, married for 9 years, salesman Mary Patterson, wife, age 36, b. September 1863 in New Jersey John Patterson, son, age 14, b. May 1886 in Pennsylvania, plumber's helper Leona Patterson, daughter, age 12, b. May 1888 in Pennsylvania William Burke, head, age 55, b. 1845 in Ireland Margaret Burke, wife, age 54, b. March 1846 in Ireland, emigrated in 1858 John Burke, son, age 30, b. April 1870 [sic] in New Jersey, widowed Household Interpreted: Richard B. Patterson II (1869-1930), husband of Mary Ellen Burke Mary Ellen Burke (1870-1957), wife of Richard B. Patterson John Patterson (1886-?), adopted child of Richard B. Patterson and Mary Ellen Burke Leona Veronica Patterson (1888-1963), adopted child of Richard B. Patterson and Mary Ellen Burke William Burke (1845-1919) Margaret Kane (1846-1912) Michael Burke (1869-?) John Joseph Burke I (1875-1939) Note: John and Leona are either adopted, or Richard was married before. The couple have been married for nine years, and the children are 14 and 12 years old. Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900

1880 US Census, New Jersey: Enumeration District 9, Sheet 236B, Line 36-41, Image 38/84 Precinct 2, District 2 Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Household: William Burke, head, age 35 Margaret Burke, age 34 Michael Burke, age 11 Joseph Burke, age 5 Mary Burke, age 7 Ellen Burke, age 4 Household Interpreted: William Burke (1845-1919) Margaret Kane (1846-1912) Michael Burke (1869-?) John Joseph Burke I (1875-1939) Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Ellen Burke (1876-?) Note: Is this the correct family? No other references have been found to other children Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1880

Potential Ellis Island Inscription: William Burke, County Sligo, Ireland Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 2001

Descendents of William Burke (c1842-1919) Milkman from County Sligo, Ireland 00. John Burke, County Sligo, Ireland Mary X, County Sligo, Ireland 01. William Burke (c1842-1919) Milkman from County Sligo, Ireland Margaret Kane (c1846-1912) of Ireland 02. John Joseph Burke I (c1868-1939) Laborer in Jersey City, NJ Nora Finn (1866-1898) 03. Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) Stationmaster at Railroad 04. Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) Accountant Selma (Sally) Louise Freudenberg (1921- ) 05. Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) Pharmaceutical Scientist Anita Malootian (1961- ) aka Christine Six, Medical Writer 06. Sara Ann Norton (1990- ) Daniel Thomas Norton (1993- ) Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), 2002

Burke Y Chromosome Inheritance: 01. John Burke (c1820-?) b. County Sligo, Ireland, d. County Sligo, Ireland 02. William Burke (c1842-1919) Irish Immigrant b. Co. Sligo, Ireland, d. Philadelphia, PA 03. John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) b. Jersey City, NJ, Laborer, Chef 04. William Joseph Burke I (1905-1996) 05. William Joseph Burke II (1945- ) 06. William Joseph Burke III (1971- ) 04. John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) b. Jersey City, NJ 05. John Edward Burke (1934- ) b. Jersey City, NJ 06. John Kevin Burke (1962- ) 06. Brian Howard Burke (1963- ) 07. Kyle Timothy Burke (2000- ) Note: There are at least six (6) Burkes that are descended from John Burke (c1820-?) of County Sligo, Ireland. They all carry his Y-chromosome that he inherited from his father. Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), 2003

Short Biography of William Burke (c1842-1919): William Burke (1845-1919) Milk Dealer in Jersey City, New Jersey, USA. (b. circa March 19, 1845, County Sligo, Ireland, United Kingdom. d. July 29, 1919, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) William was born in 1845 to John and Mary Burke in County Sligo, Ireland and he emigrated to the US on February 15, 1863 at age 18, to New York City. He was naturalized as a US citizen on October 27, 1874 in Jersey City and his certificate has been handed dow in the family and resides with his greatgrandson, Vincent Gerard Norton in Florida. He married Margaret Kane (c1834-1912) in 1868 and had two known children with her, John Joseph Burke (1868-1939) and Mary Ellen Burke (1870-1957). He operated a milk dealership from his home at 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. His son, John, married Nora M. Finn (1866-1898) around 1889 and she gave birth to Mary (May) Margaret Burke (1890-1949), but in 1898 Nora died possibly from giving birth to another child. Mary was raised by Nora's sister, Catherine Finn. John remarried to Josephine Smith (1875-1962) in 1899 and he had five children with his second wife. John had trouble earning enough money to support his children so the girls were raised by his sister, Mary. His sister may have adopted two children, Leona Veronica Patterson and John Patterson. By 1910 William Burke and his wife, Margaret, retired to Delaware County, Pennsylvania and lived with their daughter, Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) and her husband, Richard B. Patterson II (1864-1930). Margaret, his wife, died on June 12, 1912 and he bought a cemetery plot in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Yeadon. The deed is in the possesion of Vincent Gerard Norton. He died on July 29, 1919 at the Philadelphia General Hospital in Philadelphia. He died of Alzheimer's and his death certificate list the cause of death as "exhaustion from senile dementia". He is buried in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Yeadon with his wife; his daughter, Mary (Mame) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) and her husband, Richard B. Patterson II (1864-1930); and two of his granddaughters, Bertha M. Burke (1902-1971) and Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995). Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) June 20, 2003

William Burke (c1842-1919) b. circa March 19, 1842, County Sligo, Ireland, United Kingdom d. July 29, 1919, Philadelphia General Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Immigration: February 15, 1863, New York Naturalization: October 27, 1874, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey Milk Dealer

Prepared by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on November 23, 2002