John Burke (abt. 1800)

Born about 1800 in County Cork, Ireland

Husband of Anne (Reardon) Burke — married about 1815 in Creagh, County Cork, Ireland

Died [date unknown] in County Cork, Ireland

Biography of John BURKE of 1800

John Burke was born about 1800. He may have lived in Highfield townland, and worked as a weaver. If so, he likely had a son named Patrick and a grandson named John Burke.

John Burke had a son named Patrick Burke who married Mary Donovan in 1865. Patrick was known in Valuation and Cancellation records as "Weaver".

John Burke is not the John Burke born in 1817 in Ballyoughtra.

John Burke may have been part of the Whooley Burkes who kept sheep and worked spinning and weaving wool in the high hills above Lough Hyne. The Burkes may have been evicted in the mass evictions of Highfield during the famine, but perhaps were able to stay on in West Cork with help from family in nearby townlands like Ballyoughtra perhaps.

John Burke, weaver, took part in the Sustainability Loan Program in Cork, borrowing from the Creagh or Baltimore funds in the early 1840s. He needed help paying rent, and needed money for a boat on March 28, 1842. He was not renting land in Ballyoughtra in 1840.

John Burke passed away before 1900, and possibly before 1850.

Information as remembered by Sharon Centanne, Sunday, March 29, 2015, and updated Thursday, May 23, 2019. Replace this citation if there is another source.

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Sources

"Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGHR-38T : accessed 30 March 2015), John Burke in entry for Patrick Burke and Mary Donovan, 26 Feb 1865; citing Skibbereen, Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland, reference P-823 No. 17; FHL microfilm 101,474./Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M70233-5 , System Origin: Ireland-EASy , GS Film number: 101474 , Reference ID: P-823 No. 17

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