Patrick Bourke (abt. 1849 - 1885)

Born about 1849 in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland

Husband of Ann (Highcock) Bourke — married 1879 in Register Office or Registrar Attended, Bolton, Lancashire, England

Died 13 Apr 1885 at about age 36 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

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Biography

Patrick Bourke was born in about 1849 in Ballina, Mayo, Ireland. He may have been the son of Cecilia Bourke; if so, by 1871 they were living in Bilston, Staffordshire, and Patrick was a journeyman plasterer.^[1]

Patrick married Ann Highcock in 1879, in a registrar-attended ceremony in Bolton district.

By April 3rd 1881, Patrick and Ann were living at 45 Castle Hill Road, Hindley, Lancashire. Patrick was employed as a house plasterer. They had two young Irishmen lodging with them.

Their son William Bourke was born on 30 Jan 1882 in Chicago, Illinois. His mother's maiden name seems to have been recorded with two alternatives, Barr or Highcock, but it wasn't registered till 1943.^[2][3]

Their daughter Mary Bourke was born in July 1884 in Illinois.

Patrick died on 13 Apr 1885 in Chicago. He was probably buried in Calvary Cemetery.^[4]

Patrick and Ann's daughter Annie Bourke was born in November 1885 in Illinois.

Sources

• Marriage registration http://www.ukbmdcertificateordering.co.uk/certapp.php?type=marriages&data=HIGHCOCK%7CAnn%7CBOURKE%7CPatrick%7CBolton+Register+Office+or+Registrar+Attended%7CBolton%7C1879%7C1879%7C%7CBO%3ARO%2F64%2F122%7CH%7C166166%7Clancashire%7CBO&lang=

• Death "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M3-26BD : 8 March 2018), Patrick Burke, 13 Apr 1885; citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 60352, record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,030,908.

• Burial Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 July 2020), memorial page for Patrick Burke (1851–13 Apr 1885), Find A Grave: Memorial #192492334, citing Calvary Cemetery, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, USA ; Maintained by DM Scott (contributor 47110289) .

• "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27G-Q73H : 13 December 2017), Anne Bourke in household of Patrick Bourke, Hindley, Lancashire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 6, Piece/Folio 3772/84, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,775,084.

Footnotes

1. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDD2-CQH : 26 April 2019), Patrick Burke in entry for Cecilla Burke, 1871.
2. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N79L-BZJ : 10 March 2018), Patrick Bourke in entry for William Bourke, 30 Jan 1882; citing v 5 p 220, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,725.
3. ↑ "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q239-HN2D : 18 May 2016), Patrick Burke in entry for William Burke, 30 Jan 1882; Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 232329, Cook County Clerk, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
4. ↑ According to the county death records as transcribed on FamilySearch, he was to be buried in Calvary Cemetery. However when I requested a photo of the grave on FindAGrave, the volunteer who looked into it reported "Cemetery office has no record of this person." So either the choice of cemetery was changed after the death record was made and it wasn't altered, or the cemetery records are faulty, or there has been human error in the process of searching the records. They had also tried under the spelling Bourke.

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