WILLIAM GROVE "WILLIE" BURKE
Birth: 10 MAY 1873 in Louisiana
Death: 9 JAN 1946
Father: Charles Mitchell BURKE b: 6 MAY 1849 in Berlin, Germany
Mother: Mary Matilda DENNISTON b: 20 JUN 1853 in Morgan City, Louisiana
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Marriage 1 TALITHA "LITHY" MORGAN b: SEP 1876 in Indian Bayou, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana
Married: 2 OCT 1893 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Children
LENOX EARL BURKE b: 29 OCT 1898 in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
FLORENCE EDNA BURKE b: 15 OCT 1894 in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
CHARLES BURKE b: JAN 1 896 in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
FLORA BURKE b: APR 1900 in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
INFANT BURKE b: JUL 1901 in Rayne, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Marriage 2 Lou Spell b: APR 1884 in Ward 2, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Married: 15 OCT 1904 in Crowley, Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Marriage 3 EURINA BELLE FOREMAN b: 19 FEB 1899 in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana
Married: 9 JUN 1926 in Acadia Parish, Louisiana
Children
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WADE EDWARD "HENRY" BURKE
NORA JEAN BURKE b: 13 OCT 1935
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD6T-WSH : 15 August 2017), William Burke in household of Charles Burke, 2nd Ward, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 22, sheet 413C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0455; FHL microfilm 1,254,455.
↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSP2-6ZC : accessed 31 December 2018), William Burke, Ward 1 (all south of S.P.r.r.) Rayne town, Acadia, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 1, sheet 2A, family 23, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,556.
↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPYQ-2JB : accessed 31 December 2018), W S Burke, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 66, sheet 17B, family 286, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 516; FHL microfilm 1,374,529.
↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVQ1-ZWR : accessed 31 December 2018), Willie Burk, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing ED 28, sheet 27A, line 32, family 426, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 615; FHL microfilm 1,820,615.
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMY2-4Y6 : accessed 31 December 2018), William Burke, Police Jury Ward 2, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 7, sheet 1A, line 35, family 7, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 797; FHL microfilm 2,340,532.
↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ8D-RXX : 13 March 2018), William Grove Burke, 1917-1918; citing Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,692.
↑ "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSBD-3XQ : 10 March 2018), Willie Burke, 09 Jan 1946; citing Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, certificate number 714, State Archives, Baton Rouge; FHL microfilm 1,221,061.
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