Ohio Families

Superintendent Registrar's District: Tuam, Registrar's District: Dunmore, County Galway
Births
April 14, 1908
in Clondergan
John [son of] Martin Burke, a farmer of Clondergan, and Honor Burke, formerly Toole. informant: Bridget Burke, of Clondergan, present at birth

 

1911 Census of Ireland
2 April 1911
Residents of a house 11 in Cloondergan (Addergoole, Galway)

Burke Martin 43 Male Head
Burke Oney 38 Female Wife, married 13 years, 6 children, 6 alive
Burke Thomas 35 Male Brother, blind
Burke Thomas 12 Male Son
Burke Marie 10 Female Daughter
Burke Winifred 9 Female Daughter
Burke Sarah 6 Female Daughter
Burke John 4 Male Son
Burke Michael 2 Male Son
Burke Mary 75 Female Mother, widowed

All Roman Catholic, all born in Galway, all old enough could read and write English. Martin, Oney, Thomas (35), and Mary could speak Irish.

SS Lancastria from Queenstown 21 April 1929, arrived New York 30 April 1929

John Burke, 20, laborer, Irish Free State, born and last residence: Dunmore, Ireland, closest relative in Ireland: father Martin Burke, Clondergan, Dunmore, Ireland. carrying $40, trip paid for by uncle, has a ticket to his destination. Destination: uncle Michael Burke, 6800 Laurence Avenue, Clevland. hopes to stay permanently. 5'9", fair complexion, brown hair, blue eyes

Declaration of Intention
Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County
July 9, 1938
John Burke
address: 493 East 117th, Cleveland
age 30, a laborer, fair complexion, dark brown hair, grey eyes, 5'11", 170 lb, Irish, born in Dunmore, Ireland, April 14, 1908
not married
arrived from Queenstown April 30, 1929, at New York aboard the SS Lancastria. last foreign residence: Dunmore
previous Declaration of Intention: Common Pleas Court, May 14, 1929

Signed John Burke
July 9, 1938

Petition for Naturalization
US District Court, Cleveland
August 27, 1941

John Burke
address: 475 East 109th
not married, no children
declared intention July 9, 1938
has lived in US since April 30, 1929
witnesses:
Peter Joseph Cawneen, foreman, 429 East 118th
Simon Madigan, retired, 660 East 113th

[475 East 109th was where his sister Mary O'Rourke was living]

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Petition denied.
List No. 1611