Patrick Burke1844

Patrick Burke 1844

County Limerick
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Parents are Patrick Burke and Mary Glenney Burke.  Listed with family on ship's list arriving in the United States on 12 November 1847.  The family settled in Will Co., Illinois, USA in the 1850's.  Patrick fought for the Union Army in the Civil War coming back to Illinois in 1865 after the war ended.  He married Catherine Keigher in 1873. (Catherine was the sister of Patrick's brother Richard's wife, Eleanor Keigher).  They had 7 children.  Patrick worked in the coal mines.  He died in a horse & cart accident in 1890.  After his death his wife & children moved to St. Paul, MN, where Catherine's brother lived.  She died there in 1913.

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Date of Birth 1st Jan 1844
Date of Death 17th Apr 1890
Father (First Name/s and Surname) Patrick Burke
Mother (First Name/s and Maiden) Mary Glenney
Place & Date of Baptism Murroe Boher, County Limerick, Roman Catholic 09 June 1844 Patrick Burke. Father's name- Patrick Burke. Mother's name- Mary Glenney. Sponsors: "not recorded", Margaret Burke
Place & Date of Marriage Married to Catherine Keigher. 15 September 1873 in Will Co., Illinois, USA
Names of Siblings Michael, Edmund, John, Mary, Richard, Catherine, Margaret (all born Co. Limerick) Johannah & Dennis born in the United States.
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