Parents were Patrick Burke and Mary Glenney Burke. Listed with family on ship's list arriving in the United States on 12 November 1847. He had 5 or 6 siblings born in County Limerick, Ireland and 1 or 2 born in the United States. The family settled in Will Co., Illinois, USA but in about 1861 Richard went to Mississippi to find work building a bridge with 2 of his brothers. He joined the Confederate Army and at the end of the Civil War in 1865 he went back to Will County, Illinois. He married Eleanor Keigher in 1867 in Wilmingon, Will County, Illinois. They had 7 children. About 1882 the family moved to Grand Juction, Iowa and farmed. Eleanor died in 1888 in Grand Junction. Richard died 13 October 1900 in Grand Junction, Greene Co., Iowa, USA
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| Date of Birth | 31st Mar 1835 | |
| Date of Death | 13th Oct 1900 | |
| Place & Date of Baptism | Murroe Boher, County Limerick, Roman Catholic Richard Bourke 1 May 1835 Father- Patrick Bourke. Mother- Mary Gleeny. Sponsors: Richard Gleeny, Kitty Gleeny | |
| Father (First Name/s and Surname) | Patrick Burke (Bourke) | |
| Names of Siblings | Michael b. 1827, Ire., Edmund b. 1827 Ire., John b. 1831, Ire., Mary b.1834 Ire., Catherine b.1838, Co. Limerick. Margaret b. 1841 Co. Limerick. Patrick b. 1844 Co. Limerick. Johannah b. 1848 Susquehanna, PA USA. Dennis b. 1855 NY, USA | |
