Pheobe Emeline (Skeels) Burk (abt. 1856 - 1912)

Born about 27 Jan 1856 in Republic, Seneca, Ohio, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Henry F. (Burk) Burke — married 29 Jan 1874 in Ohio, United States

Died 4 Sep 1912 at about age 56 in Central City, Merrick, Nebraska, United States

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Biography

Name: Phebe Emeline Skeels. Given Name: Phebe Emeline. Surname: Skeels. A Given name was found in addition to a first name in the NAME tag.

FSFTID 9ML9-19F.

AMTID 242059168322:1030:156276730.

She was born in 1856.^[1]

• Fact: Residence (1860) Liberty Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States
• Fact: Residence (1870) Liberty Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States
• Fact: Residence (1900) Merrick, Nebraska, United States
• Fact: Residence (1910) Central Ward 1, Merrick, Nebraska, United States
• Fact: Burial (1912) Central City, Merrick, Nebraska, United States
• Fact: F.A.G https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31700692/phoebe-burk

She died in 1912.

Research Notes

• Married the brother of her sister’s husband.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6LW-NSD : 3 January 2021), Phebe E Skeels in entry for Sylvester Skeels, 1870.

• "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:76KJ-WK6Z : 23 October 2020), Phebe E Skeels, 1880.
• Ancestry.com. Kansas, U.S., State Census Collection, 1855-1925 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009, Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1885 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1885_114; Line: 11.
• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M3B6-J3T : accessed 1 April 2017), Phebe E Burk in household of Henry F Burk, Lone Tree Township Central City Ward 1-3, Merrick, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 136, sheet 3A, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,934.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML4R-HZY : accessed 1 April 2017), P E Burke in household of Henry F Burke, Central Ward 1, Merrick, Nebraska, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 148, sheet 3B, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 851; FHL microfilm 1,374,864.
• "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3BQ-W46 : 10 March 2018), Phoebe Skeels in entry for Shannon O. Burke, 18 Dec 1951; citing Seattle, King Co., Washington, reference 21786, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,057.
• Central City Nonpareil; Publication Date: 29 Dec 1932; Publication Place: Central City, Nebraska, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/674536083/?article=04e0567e-15da-4ae5-9ac5-029e0360c369&focus=0.16634391,0.67329586,0.2961104,0.97844744&xid=3355

See also:

• Source: S842 "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVK7-YDSL : 11 July 2016), Phoebe Skeels Burk, 1912; Burial, Central City, Merrick, Nebraska, United States of America, Central City Cemetery; citing record ID 31700692, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Research Notes

• Year of birth listed as 1855 on 1910 Census.
• Distance between siblings is consistent with this being the same person as Emaline E Skeels on the 1860 Census.