Henry
Smith
Burke
Born in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of John Burk
and Susan (Smith) Burk
Brother of
Emily J. (Burk) McConnell, John B. Burk, Chesley Cole Burk, Byrd Woodson Burk, Thomas L. Burk, William E. Burk, Elizabeth A. (Burks) Litteral, Mary E. Burk and James Burk
Husband of
Dorinda (Spilman) Smith
— married
12 Oct 1837 in KY
Descendants 
Father of
John Thomas Burke, William Fox Burke, George Washington Burk, Martha Ellen Burk and Sarah A. Burk
Died
at age 82
in Sioux Falls, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States [uncertain]
[uncertain]
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Biography
Henry Smith Burke was born on 23 Sep 1816 in Pulaski, Kentucky to parents John Burke and Susan Smith. He married Dorinda Spilman on 9 Oct 1837 in Indiana. They moved to Decatur, Indiana in 1838 and all their children were born there. In 1870 they were living in Harlan, Shelby Iowa. He died on 21 Jan 1899 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He is buried in the Harlan Cemetery, Shelby, Iowa.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Henry by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Henry:
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~6.25%
Elizabeth Burke
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Elapat1
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~1.56%
Lynette Litteral :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A178473 [compare], Ancestry member LyJensen15
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~0.39%
Suzanne (Paulkovich) Hye :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Suzanne_Hye
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~0.39%
Lisa Branine :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member lisa_buffum61
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Patricia (Gray) Ferdig
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Suzanne (Paulkovich) Hye
Patricia (Gray) Ferdig
Burk-718 and Burke-97 appear to represent the same person because: last name issue can be resolved with a research notes section or with a comma separating the last name spellings. all other data is the same, dob dod, etc.
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by Patricia (Gray) Ferdig
Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Burke-6311 and Burke-97 appear to represent the same person because: same birth, parents, spouse
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by Cari (Ebert) Starosta
Stephen King
Burke-97 and Burk-718 are not ready to be merged because: The parent discrepancies have to be reconciled, these could be two separate peoples who were assumed to match the same grave record.
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by Stephen King
Suzanne (Paulkovich) Hye
Burke-97 and Burk-718 appear to represent the same person because: Same person.
posted
by Suzanne (Paulkovich) Hye
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