Stephen Burke

Elaine:

I located a pension record for a Stephen Burke who was a Sergeant in the RIC. He ended his service at the end of 1922 The RIC was disbanded and the new force became the present day Garda Siochana. This Stephen was born In 1888.

Did your Stephen Burke by any chance go tp Pittisburgh Pennsylvania?

Roger McDonnell

Hi Roger, thank you for this information!  Stephen did not go to Pittsburgh Pa, my father was born there though.  Stephen stayed in Ireland while his sisters Honoria (my gram) Delia and Mariah came to America.  Delia and Mariah lived in Queens NY while my gram married and settled in Pa. then came to Buffalo.  I so appreciate any and all info.  My dad died when I was a small child so I have had little information on my Irish side.

Elaine:

Was was the approximate year of birth for Stephen Burke? Is 1888  on target. The address on the pension record was South Craig St. East End Pittsburgh. Is that where your family lived?

Roger

Hi Roger, sorry so long in answering you.  To my knowledge (which is little) Stephen did not live in Pittsburgh,  My gram from Ireland lived in Reserve Township, Pa. and then came to Buffalo NY. 

My ancestors came from Flask in Co. Roscommon. Edward Burke and Stephen Burke were brothers or cousins who settled near Hazleton in northeast Pennsylvania. Stephen had a brother Thomas who married Mary Ratican in Co Roscommon, Ireland. Family reasearch from the early 1980s says that Thomas Burke and Mary Ratican had children Delia and Moira who emigrated to Astoria, NY and another daughter Nora who married a Hewitt and lived in Buffalo, NY. Nora reportedly had sons Joseph and Thomas Hewitt also in Buffalo, NY. Have much more info if interested. Dan McCallus

many of these names are my family.... however, they never lived in Pa. except Nora.  Stephen never married and stayed in Elphin, Moira and Delia settled in NYC, probably Astoria,  My father was Joe, Nora's son and my father's brother was Thomas all lived in Buffalo, NY.  I am very curious as to who you are??  Thank you for writing!!!  

Hi Huey. Might be easier to correspond by email. Feel free to email me at dmccall99@comcast.net

Hi Dan, I have emailed you tonight.  Mary Rattican was my great grandmother.  Delia and Moira were my aunts. My father was Joseph Hewitt who died in 1950.   My Irish relatives were from Flaska - Elphin.