Honora M. Finn (1865-1898)

Nora M. Finn (1866-1898) Housewife (b. 1866, Cardiff, South Glamorgan County, Wales, United Kingdom - d. June 24, 1898, 16 Elliot Place, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA)

Birth
Nora was born in 1866 to Daniel Finn (1818-1887) and Catherine Creedon (1834-1914) of Millstreet and Cullen, Cork, Munster Province, Ireland.

Siblings
Nora had two sisters: Both sisters remained unmarried. Her sister, Catherine, worked as a executive secretary at the American Lead Pencil Company in Hoboken, New Jersey.
 * Mary A. Finn (1860-1885)
 * Catherine Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918)

Emigration
Nora's parents, Daniel Finn and Catherine Creedon were born in Ireland but moved to Wales around 1860 and then the United States in 1873.

Marriage
Nora married John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) around 1899 and had a child:
 * Mary Margaret Burke (1891-1949)

Death
Nora may have died in childbirth with a subsequent child on June 24, 1898 at 16 Elliot Place in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Burial
Nora is buried with her parents, siblings, her child and two grandchildren in Holy Name Cemetery on West End Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey.

Daughter Raised by Sister: After her death, her child was raised by her sister, Catherine.

Image: An unlabeled and undated photograph of Nora was found in the collection of Josephine (May) Veronica Burke (1907-1995). Thomas Patrick Norton (1920- ) identified Mary Ellen Burke in the photograph which led to the tentative identification of the others in the photograph.