Alice Cecelia (Oleffe) Burke (1921 - 1988)

Born 16 Nov 1921 in Dawson, Colfax, New Mexico, United States

Wife of Lawrence David Burke — married May 1950 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1988 at age 66 in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Cathie Burke [send private message]

Biography

Born in Dawson, New Mexico

My Mom, Alice Cecelia Oleffe was 6 years old when her Mom Alice Cecelia Oleffe passed away at the age of 27. Her father, Joseph Marshall Oleffe put my mom and her sister and brothers in an orphanage. Through Ancestry we found that at the age of 8 was she adopted and named Betty Fisher (all this takes place in Wyoming). How further investigation finds that the Fisher's divorced and my mom no longer shows in the census with them.

I believe she may have gone back to the orphanage because she maintained a friendship with a woman named Elizabeth Owen who was Super indent of the Wyoming's Children Society - any information is appreciated if you have knowledge.

Sources

• Marriage: "Massachusetts, U.S., Marriage Index, 1901-1955 and 1966-1970"
  Original data: Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics. Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Marriages [1916-1970]. Volumes 76–166, 192– 207. Facsimile edition. Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts; Volume Number: 108; Page number: 336; Reference Number: F63.M36 v.163
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2966 #2087600 (accessed 24 August 2023)
  Olef marriage to undefined in 1951 in Watertown, Massachusetts, USA.

• Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
  The Boston Globe; Publication Date: 21 Aug 1988; Publication Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/438970879/?article=f4b41e45-010c-40ea-92e5-29a97a6d23ad&focus=0.18378545,0.47557873,0.33904538,0.5213173&xid=3355
  Ancestry Record 61843 #592703243 (accessed 24 August 2023)
  Name: Alice Burke; Gender: Female; Residence Place: Cambridge; Death Date: Aug 1988; Obituary Date: 21 Aug 1988; Obituary Place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Newspaper Title: The Boston Globe; Parents: Joseph Parma; Spouse: Lawrence Burke; Child: Cathy Mouncey Louise M. Burke Elizabeth M. Paria Lawrence O. Burke.

• Death of spouse Lawrenced Burke: "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003"
  Original data: State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, 2005
  Ancestry Record 7457 #3467580 (accessed 24 August 2023)
  Alice Oleffe in death record for spouse Lawrenced Burke.

• Death: "Massachusetts, U.S., Death Index, 1970-2003"
  Original data: State of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003. Boston, MA, USA: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Health Services, 2005
  Ancestry Record 7457 #1031677 (accessed 24 August 2023)
  Alice Burke death 20 Aug 1988 (born 16 Nov 1921) in Cambridge.