John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939)/Notes

John (Jack) Joseph Burke I (c1868-1939) aka "Black Jack" Burke b. December 19, 1868, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA d. January 18, 1939, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA

Name: John Joseph Burke Source: Birth Certificate, Owen Burke, 1915 Source: Social Security Application, Bertha Marie Burke (1902-1971), 1936 Source: Birth Certificate, John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) aka John Stephen Burke, 1909 John J. Burke Source: Birth Certificate, Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) Source: Marriage Certificate, William J. Burke and Eleanor C. Outwater, 1937 Source: Death Certificate, John Burke (1909-1986) John James Burke Source: Birth Certificate, Bertha Burke (1902-1971) John Burke Source: Death Certificate, John Burke (c1868-1939) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">"Black Jack" Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995)

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Birth: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Date of Birth: 1868 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Bertha Burke, 1902 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Date of Birth: December 19, 1865 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Place of Birth: Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Death Certificate, John Joseph Burke I, 1939 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Date of Birth: April 1870 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Father: William Burke (c1842-1919) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Mother: Margaret Kane (c1846-1912) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Death Certificate, John Joseph Burke I, 1939

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Marriage, First: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Date of Birth: Abt. 1889 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Place of Marriage: Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Spouse: Nora Finn (1866-1898) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Children via Nora Finn (1866-1898): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Mary Margaret Burke (1890-1949) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Marriage, Second: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Date of Marriage: Abt. 1901 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Place of Marriage: Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Spouse: Josephine Smith (1874-1962) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Bertha Burke, 1902

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Children via Josephine Smith (1874-1962): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Bertha Burke (1902-1971) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke II (1905-1996) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) aka John Stephen Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Burke (1913-c1971) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owen Burke (1915-1984) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ), Oral Testimony, 1998 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Oral Testimony, March 20, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Children Interpreted: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Bertha Burke (1902-1971) Secretary at Daniel J. Walsh's Sons, Philadelphia, PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">m. Stephen H. Prasky (1897-1965) Carpenter <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Joseph Burke I (1905-1996) Oil Worker at Bayway Refinery, Elizabeth, New Jersey <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">m. Eleanor Catherine Outwater (1912-1978) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) Dental Assistant <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">m. Thomas Patrick Norton I (1891-1968) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke II (1911-1975) aka John S. Burke, Chief Quartermaster, Navy <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">m. Elizabeth Jones (1909-1958) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret E. Burke (c1912-c1971) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">m. David Thomas Morgan (c1914-c1974) No children <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owen John Burke (1915-1984) World War II Veteran, never married <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) July 04, 2003

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Death: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Name: John Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Date of Death: January 18, 1939 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Place of Death: Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Residence at Death: 740 Grand Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Age at Death: 73 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Cause of Death: Arteriosclerosis, Heart Disease with Nephritis <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Hospitalization: January 09, 1939 to January 18, 1939 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Death Certificate, John Burke (c1868-1939)

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Burial: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Holy Cross Cemetery: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">340 Ridge Road, North Arlington, New Jersey 07031-0539, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Telephone: 201-997-1900 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Money Owed: $564 (past due) + $64 (perpetual care) = $628 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owner: Josephine Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owner Address: 740 Grand Street, Jersey City, New Jersey <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Block 8, Section D, Row B, Grave 118 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke, Buried January 21, 1939 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine Burke, Buried December 24, 1962 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Interpretation: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine Smith (1874-1962) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: room for one more in grave <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Death Certificate, John Burke (c1868-1939) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Holy Cross Cemetery, 340 Ridge Road, North Arlington, New Jersey, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Holy Cross Cemetery: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">340 Ridge Road, North Arlington, New Jersey 07031-0539 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Telephone: 201-997-1900 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Internet Directory, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Church: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Saint Patrick's Parish, 492 Bramhall Avenue, Jersey City,New Jersey, USA (1870) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Baptismal Certificate, Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957)

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Saint Patrick's Parish: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">492 Bramhall Avenue, Jersey City, NJ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Telephone: 201-332-8600 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">FAX: 201-324-3919 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Religion: Roman Catholic <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Telephone Directory, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Occupation: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Laborer (1890-1902) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Mary Margaret Burke, 1890, Photocopy, 1998 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Bertha Burke, 1902, Photocopy, 1998 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Salesman (1900) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Chef (1915) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Owen Burke, 1915, Photocopy, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Home: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">29 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey (1890-1902) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Mary Margaret Burke, 1890 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Bertha Burke, 1902 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">18 Kearny Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey (1915) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Birth Certificate of Owen Burke, 1915

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Jersey City, New Jersey Directory, 1889-90: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Burke William, h 26 Atlantic, page 96 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Burke John J clerk, h 26 Atlantic, page 95 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Burke William, h 26 Atlantic, page 96 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Jersey City, New Jersey Directories, 1891-93: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Mary Burke, dressmaker, 26 Atlantic Jersey City, NJ 1891 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke, milk, 26 Atlantic, Jersey City, NJ 1891 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke, 26 Atlantic, Jersey City, NJ 1893 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Jersey City, New Jersey Directories, 1891-93 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke (1841-1919) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (1868-c1940) aka "Black Jack" Burke, Son of William <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) Daughter of William <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: Mary married July 21, 1892, so she doesnt appear at this address anymore

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke by James Joseph Norton II: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Jack was a ne'er do well. Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995) said that the only two things he could do well was drink and dance. "Black Jack" Burke would walk across the Hudson River from New Jersey to New York when it was frozen. Mary Margaret Burke would always say "He was a rascal". Jack was a bum. All the children were put into an orphanage. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: James Joseph Norton II, Oral Testimony, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke by William Joseph Burke II: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">My father told me he had asthma and had to sleep in a chair sitting up. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: He had gout, which forced him to sleep in a chair <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: William Joseph Burke II, Oral Testimony, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke (1868-c1940) by Mary Jane Burke (1941- ): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">He struggled to raise the children. He had a quick temper, and drank, but was a good person. He owned a bar on Garfield Avenue in Jersey City and he died on Grand Street in Jersey City. His family disinherited him. His wife lived on Harmon Street in Jersey City with Owen Burke when she died. When Bertha Burke died everyone stayed at my house in Freehold, NJ for the funeral. He is buried at Holy Name Cemetery or Holy Cross Cemetery in Jersey City with his second wife. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) died while living at 740 Grand Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA and Is buried in Holy Cross cemetery in North Arlington, NJ. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Oral Testimony, March 20, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke by Thomas Patrick Norton (1920- ): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">The kids were taken away from the family and the county took care of them. Bertha and May were taken care of by Mary Ellen Burke. May Burke didn't like her father, she called him a ne'er do well. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Thomas Patrick Norton (1920- ), Oral Testimony, March 20, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (1868-c1940) aka Black Jack Burke by Mary Jane Burke (1941- ): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">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 theyear was around 1924 or 1925. John Joseph Burke's children ended up moving back with their parents, and Berth 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. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Mary Jane Burke (1941- ), Telephone Conversation, March 23, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Original Narrative of John (Black Jack) Joseph Burke (1868-1939): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">He was known as "Black Jack". He was born in 1868, most likely in Jersey City, New Jersey to William Burke (1839-1919) and Margaret Kane (1834-1912). Both his parents were born in Ireland and both are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Darby, PA. Very little is known about him, except that he was known as someone who never did well with his life. Josephine Burke, his daughter, once said that the he could only do two things well; drink and dance. He married Nora Finn (1874-1898) around 1889 and together they had a daughter, Mary Margaret Burke in 1890. Nora Finn died in 1898 possibly during childbirth with their second child. That child also died but there is no record for the death of Nora and her infant. John Burke found himself incapable of raising his daughter alone so the job went to the late Nora Finn's sister, Katherine. Katherine never married and worked as a secretary at the American Pencil Company. John Burke then married Josephine Smith (1874-c1961) around 1900. Together they had 6 children that survived infancy. At this point the family fell on hard times, and Mary (Mame) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) decided that she would raise the two girls in Swathmore, PA. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), Written Testimony, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Updated Narrative of John (Black Jack) Joseph Burke (1868-c1940): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine (May) Veronica Burke called John Burke "Black Jack". He was born in 1868, in Jersey City, New Jersey to William Burke (1839-1919) and Margaret Kane (1834-1912), probably on his parent's dairy farm on Atlantic Avenue. Both his parents were born in Sligo, Ireland and both are buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Darby, PA. Josephine (May) Burke would call him a ne'er do well and once said that the he could only do two things well; drink and dance. This prejudice against him propablly comes from Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke, John Joseph Burke's sister who raised both Josephine and Bertha Burke. He married Nora Finn (1874-1898) around 1889 and together they had a daughter, Mary Margaret Burke in 1890. Nora Finn died in 1898 possibly during childbirth with their second child. That child also died but there is no record for the death of Nora or her infant in the New Jerset State Archive. John Burke found himself incapable of raising his daughter alone so the job went to the late Nora Finn's sister, Katherine Finn. This practise was common at the time. Katherine never married and worked as a secretary at the American Pencil Company. She made a good living and her house was filled with fine decorative atrworks, some are still in the family. John Burke then married Josephine Smith (1874-c1961) around 1900. Together they had 6 children that survived infancy. As the children were older, around 1925, they were sent to live with John Burke's sister, Mary (Mame) Ellen Burke (1870-1957). She decided that she would raise the two girls in Swathmore, PA. The sons and one sister went back to live with their father. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, NJ. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), Written Testimony, March 27, 2001 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">My father would have a short temper but he wouldnt stay angry. My father gave up smoking and drinking, he was strong willed. He didn't believe in staying angry. Mamie would always critisize him. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), Written Testimony, March 29, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke (c1868-1939) aka Black Jack Burke by John Edward Burke (1934- ): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">My grandfather, John Joseph Burke, may have died around 1939 when I was about 5 years old. I didn't go to the funeral but the funeral service was at St. Patrick's Church in Jersey City. I think he was buried in Holy Name Cemetery. I'm holding in my hand a block of wood that has on it a piece of metal with his picture embossed on it. His face, hair and beard are all seen in this picture, I don't think this one was ever used. My grandfather showed it to me a couple of times before he died. He was working for a printing company and this was for printing a type of calling card. He had severe gout in his right foot and it was wrapped in bandages and he had trouble moving around the house. My dad said he liked to read the Sunday comics to me. He would sit at the table in the dining room with his foot wrapped up and be excited when I would come over. He had a large mustache. My father was the apple of his eye, and he had a similar temperment to my grandfather. My grandfather was a difficult person to get to know, he was an angry person and he had a falling out with his own father. William Burke, his father, thought he spent too much money on liquor and other temporary things, he couldnt hold down a job and moved from job to job. He couldn't get along with anyone he worked for, he got into fights and would lose his job, he had a lot of anger. My own dad was somewhat like that. I can see my father in my granddad, very quick to anger. My dad always said that Bertha and May moved to PA to live with Mamie Burke. My father went there at Mamie's request to get an education. Mamie was critical of my grandfather and my father defended him, and he would fight with her, and he was sent back to live with him. Bertha and May stayed with Mamie Burke and Owen, William, John Jr. and Margaret left and moved back with their dad. William quit school and got a job and supported the family from then on. My dad cared about May and Bertha but he always said that Mamie stole the girls away and alienated them from him. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">When I knew John Joseph I, my granddad at age 3 or 4, he lived on Grand Street in Jersey City, I can picture the house. My dad said the family owned a dairy farm. My grandad lived the last few years of his life on 740 Grand Street. I can see the kitchen of the house where John Joseph would spent most his time, Josephine would wait on him. He would sit at the dining room table sleeping in his chair. I don't think I ever saw him get out of his chair. The gout was so bad he was incompacitated, with huge bandages around his foot. I can picture him in my mind wincing in pain. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, North Arlington <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: John Edward Burke (1934- ), Telephone Conversation, March 27, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Chronology of John Joseph (Black Jack) Burke (1868-?): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1868 Birth of John Joseph (Black Jack) Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1868 John Joseph's father operates a dairy farm on Atlantic Avenue in Jersey City <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1868 (circa) Baptism of John Joseph (Black Jack) Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1888 Blizzard leaves 40 inches of snow in New York and New Jersey on March 11th to 12th <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1889 John Joseph Living with his father at 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1889 (circa) Marriage to Nora Finn, his first wife <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1890 Living at 26 or 29 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1890 US Census (lost) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1890 Birth of Mary Margaret Burke, his first child, on September 7th <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1898 Death of Nora Finn, his first wife, possibly in childbirth before June 25 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1898 Burial of Nora Finn, his first wife, on June 25 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1898 (circa) Mary Margaret Burke raised by Catherine (Kate) Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1900 US Census <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1900 (circa) Marriage to Josephine Smith, his second wife <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1902 Living at 29 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1902 Birth of Bertha Burke, his second child, on June 9th <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1904 (circa) Birth William Burke II, his son <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1907 Birth of Josephine (May) Veronica Burke on April 5th, his daughter <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1910 US Census with William Burke, his father living in PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1911 John S. Burke born on November 25th, his son <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1912 (circa) Birth of Margaret Burke, his daughter <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1912 Death of Margaret Kane, his mother, before June 12th in PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1912 Burial of Margaret Kane, his mother, on June 12th in Darby, PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1915 Birth of Owen Burke on January 16th, his son <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1919 Death of William Burke, his father, before July 30th in PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1919 Burial of William Burke, his father, on July 30th in Darby, PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1920 US Census <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1920 (circa) John Joseph (Black Jack) Burke abandons family and children are in orphanage <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1920 (circa) Mary (Mamie) Ellen Burke (1870-1957) raises children <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1939 Death of John Joseph Burke in Jersey City on January 18th <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton, 1998

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (c1868-1939) aka "Black Jack" Burke by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">I had given up on ever finding any more information on John Joseph Burke I (c1868-1939). I thought I would never find out where he was buried or when he died. I searched for months in the Holy Name Cemetery Index looking up each of the 30 or 40 John Burkes and then looking up their death certificates. None of the death certificates had the proper parents. On February 20, 2001, I called William Burke III (1971- ), by coincidence it was his birthday, and I asked him if he knew any Outwaters that I could talk to. The Outwaters are his mothers side of the family. He gave me a few names and I looked up their numbers in the Internet telephone directory. One person I found was Louise Outwater (1921- ) and her son Robert Farrell (1958- ). They gave me information on when John Burke II (1909-1986) died and the next week I went to the New Jersey Health Department to look up his death certificate. I was very excited when they handed it to me. The informant for his death was his daughter. No one ever told me that he had children or was even married. The name of the daughter was Mary DeBenedictis of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. The Internet directory listed only two DeBenedictis names and I called and left a message. The next day I called again and she knew who the Nortons were. She had lots of information on her grandfather, and what happened to the boys in the family. She said that her grandfather died in 1940 and gave me the name of her brother who was older, he gave the same date for his grandfather's death and both thought that he was buried in Holy Name Cemetery. I took a second trip to the archive and found no death certificate in 1940, but found it in 1939. It listed that he was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, NJ. I called the cemetery and they gave me the date of death for his wife. That night I was looking in the index for the 1910 Census in PA at "ancestry.com" and found the Burkes in PA living with the Pattersons. I also looked up some of the Hammelbachers in NJ and PA and they told me that Mary Ellen Burke was their grandmother. I was always told that her husband was married before and that the kids were from that marriage. This let me add two new lines to the Burke family. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), Written Testimony, March 31, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (c1868-1939) aka "Black Jack" Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">b. December 19, 1868, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">d. January 18, 1939, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Prepared by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on March 29, 2001

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1900 US Census, New Jersey: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Enumeration District 132, Sheet 17A, Line 7-9, Image ??/?? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">28 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Household: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke, head, age 55, b. 1845 in Ireland, married 32 years, Immigrated 1858 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Burke, wife, age 54 b. March 1846 in Ireland, immigrated 1858 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Burke, son, age 30, b. April 1870 in New Jersey, widow, salesman <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: John is listed as April 1870 which is his sister's birth, either they are twins or William gave the wrong one to the census taker <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Household Interpreted: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke (c1845-1919) Husband of Margaret Kane <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Kane (c1846-1912) Wife of William Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (c1868-1939) Child of Margaret Kane and William Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1900

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1920 US Census, New Jersey: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Enumeration District 167, Sheet 10A, Line 16-21, Image 19/32 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1032 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Household: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Burke, head, age 54, stripper for kubler? <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine Burke, wife, age 53 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke, son, age 13 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Burke, Jr., son, age 10 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Burke, son, age 7 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owen Burke, son, age 5 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Household Explained: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) Husband of Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine Smith (1875-1962) Wife of John Joseph Burke I <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke II (1905-1996) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Burke (1913-c1971) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owen Burke (1915-1984) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1920

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1930 US Census, New Jersey: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Enumeration District 69, Sheet 16A, Line 32-37, Image 31/35 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">1032 Garfield Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Household: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John J. Burke, head, age 62, married at age 31, laborer at florist <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine Burke, wife, age 52, married at age 21 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke, son, age 25, laborer at oil yard <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John J. Burke, Jr., son, age 20 <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Burke, son, age 17, typist for insurance <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owen Burke, son, age 14, runner at bank <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Household Explained: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) Husband of Josephine Smith (1875-1962) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Josephine Smith (1875-1962) Wife of John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">William Burke II (1905-1996) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Margaret Burke (1913-c1971) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Owen Burke (1915-1984) Child of John Joseph Burke I and Josephine Smith <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: US Census, New Jersey, 1930

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Burke Y-Chromosome Descendency: <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">01. John Burke (c1820-?) b. County Sligo, Ireland, d. County Sligo, Ireland <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">02. William Burke (c1842-1919) Irish Immigrant b. Co. Sligo, Ireland, d. Philadelphia, PA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">03. John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) b. Jersey City, NJ, Laborer, Chef <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">04. William Joseph Burke I (1905-1996) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">05. William Joseph Burke II (1945- ) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">06. William Joseph Burke III (1971- ) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">04. John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) b. Jersey City, NJ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">05. John Edward Burke (1934- ) b. Jersey City, NJ <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">06. John Kevin Burke (1962- ) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">06. Brian Howard Burke (1963- ) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">07. Kyle Timothy Burke (2000- ) <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Note: There are at least six living Burkes that are descended from John Burke (c1820-?) of County Sligo, Ireland. They all carry his Y-chromosome. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ), 2003

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939): <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (b. December 19, 1868, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">d. January 18, 1939, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA) John Joseph Burke was born in 1868 to William Burke (c1842-1919) and Margaret Kane (c1834-1912), both of Ireland. William and Margaret also had a daughter, Mary Ellen Burke (1870-1957). William Burke operated a milk dealership from his home at 26 Atlantic Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey. 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. John and Josphines children were Bertha Burke (1902-1971), William Burke II (1905-1996), Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995), John Joseph Burke II (1909-1986) sometimes called John Stephen Burke, Margaret Burke (1913-c1971), and the youngest was Owen Burke (1915-1984). Josephine (May) Veronica Burke called her father "Black Jack" Burke and said "the only things he could do well were drink and dance". He held a series of odd jobs including being a salesman and a chef at various times. He suffered from gout and he died of arteriosclerosis and nephritis on January 18, 1939. He is buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, NJ with his wife Josephine. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Source: Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) June 21, 2003

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) aka "Black Jack" Burke <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">b. December 19, 1868, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">d. January 18, 1939, Jersey City Medical Center, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA

<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:'TimesNewRoman';font-size:medium;line-height:normal;">Prepared by Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ) on June 21, 2003