William Oscar Burke (1882 - 1941)

Born 18 May 1882 in Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Adeline (Bent) Burke — married 21 Feb 1909 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Aug 1941 at age 59 in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

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Biography

• William Oscar Burke was born in 1882^[1] in Nova Scotia to Oscar Burke and Nellie Peterson.

• He came to the United States between 1898^[2] and 1900^[3].

• He married Mary Bent in 1909 at Gloucester, Mass.^[4] They had 10 children.

  William Burke b.1909 • FS ID:L2PT-DPR​​

  Mary J. Burke b.1911 d.1986 • FS ID:L2PT-SWD​

  Russell Burke b.1914 • FS ID:-DRP L2PT-DRP​

  Robert Kenneth Burke b.1915 d.1916 • FS ID:L2PT-FFB​

  Dorothy M. Burke b.1917 d.1918 • FS ID:L1B2-NWH

  James Burke b.1920 • FS ID:​L2PT-DY4

  Helen C. Burke b.1923 • FS ID:​L2PB-SW7

  Richard G. Burke b.1926 • FS ID:​L2PB-SQD

  Ruth A. Burke b.1929 • FS ID:​L2PB-SSK

  Arlene Natalie Burke b.1930 d.1985 • FS ID:L2PB-SBD

• At the time of the 1910 census^[2] he was living at #113 Pleasant Street, Gloucester, Mass. with his wife, mother-in-law, and 8-month-old son William Jr.

• By 1920 he was living at #19 Shepherd Street^[3], moving to #65 Poplar Street by 1930^[5] and #137 Washington Street by 1940.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZNX-TX9 : 13 March 2018), William Oscar Burke, 1917-1918; citing Gloucester City no 22, Massachusetts, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,684,676.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2JQ-LHB : accessed 15 March 2019), William Burke, Gloucester Ward 3, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 289, sheet 13A, family 307, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 581; FHL microfilm 1,374,594.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXYH-1CX : accessed 15 March 2019), William Burke, Gloucester Ward 4, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing ED 42, sheet 3B, line 63, family 68, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 690; FHL microfilm 1,820,690.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4FH-71L : 25 May 2018), William Burke and Mary A Bent, 21 Feb 1909; citing Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,509.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQLX-YWL : accessed 15 March 2019), William O Burke, Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 46, sheet 12B, line 90, family 282, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 896; FHL microfilm 2,340,631.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4XC-RPJ : 15 March 2018), William Burke, Ward 4, Gloucester, Gloucester City, Essex, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-80, sheet 4B, line 52, family 96, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1579.

• unsourced information above is first-hand information, personal recollections and family papers in the possession of MoKlop.

See also:

• FS ID:L2PT-DJX