Ohio Families

Superintendent Registrar's District: Schull, Registrar's District: Goleen, County Cork

in Crookhaven
April 10, 1885
Sarah Mead, [daughter of] William Mead, a sailor of Crookhaven, and Mary Mead, formerly Driscoll. informant: Mary -her mark- Mead, mother, of Crookhaven

Registered January 6, 1886, so it might show up as indexed in 1886

 

1901 Census of Ireland
house 25 in Crookhaven (Crookhaven, Cork)

Meade, William, 49, Male, Head of Family, Fisherman, Cannot read, Married
Meade, Mary, 40, Female, Wife, Cannot read, Married,
Meade, Sarah, 16, Female, Daughter, Scholar, Read and write, Not Married, -
Meade, Daniel, 13, Male, Son, Scholar, Read and write, Not Married, -
Meade, Mary A, 8, Female, Daughter, Cannot read, Not Married, -
Meade, Eliza, 7, Female, Daughter, Cannot read, Not Married, -
Meade, Ellen, 4, Female, Daughter, Cannot read, Not Married, -
Meade, Charles, 1, Male, Son, Cannot read, Not Married

all Roman Catholic, all born in County Cork.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Cork/Crookhaven/Crookhaven/1158046/

Sarah's last residence before leaving Ireland was Crookhaven Townland, Cork.

SS Lusitania, from Queenstown August 16, 1908, arrived New York August 21, 1908

Sarah Meade, 20, a domestic, British citizen, Irish nationality, last permanent residence: Crookhaven, Ireland, nearest relative in Ireland: Mr William Meade, Crookhaven, County Cork, passage paid by aunt, destination: Aunt Nellie Driscoll, Lafayette Hotel, Buffalo New York, 5'8", fresh complexion, dark hair, grey eyes, born in Brookhaven, Ireland

 

1910 Census Buffalo, Ward 5
April 20, 1910
at 253 Pine

James P Burke, 27, married 1 year, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1905, naturalized, laborer, wrecking company
Sarah A Burke, 23, married 1 year, 1 child 1 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1909
Joseph P Burke, 4m, born in New York

[His mother was living at at 228 Pine Street]

New York State Census, 1915, Buffalo Ward 06, A.D. 05, E.D. 03, Erie, New York, United States
House Number: 591, Page: 30
June 1, 1915

James Burke, male, 36, head, in US 11 years
Sarah Burke, female, 28, wife, in US 7 years
Joseph Burke, male, 5, son, in US 5 years
Dorothy Burke, female, 3, daughter, in US 3 years
James Burke, male, age: 0, son, in US 1 month

 

James and Sarah Burke were living at 145 Sycamore Street in 1915 when Sarah's sister Lizzie emigrated and said her destination was her sister Mary Burke at that address.

1920 Census Buffalo, Ward 18

James Burke, 38, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1914, naturalized 1917, laborer
Sarah Burke, 32, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1912, naturalized
Joseph Burke, 10, born in New York
Dorothy Burke, 7, born in New York
James Burke, 5, born in New York
Sadie Burke, 4, born in New York
Charles Burke, 3, born in New York
John Burke, 3m, born in New York

"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ25-GKR : accessed 8 September 2018), Dorothy Burke in household of James Burke, Buffalo Ward 18, Erie, New York, United States; citing ED 147, sheet 16A, line 4, family 181, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1104; FHL microfilm 1,821,104.

 

1930 Census Ward 2, Cleveland
April 5, 1930
9814 Almira Avenue

[indexed and on census as Burk]

James P Burke, 43, first married at 22, born in Northern Ireland, parents also, arrived 1904, naturalized, laborer, gardening
Sarah A Burke, 40, first married at 19, born in the Irish Free State, parents also, arrived 1909, naturalized
Dorothy Burke, 17, born in New York
James Burke, 15, born in New York
Sadie Burke, 14, born in New York
Charles Burke, 13, born in New York
Irene Burke, 9, born in Ohio

1940 Census Cleveland, Ward 2
April 15, 1940
at 10405 Dale Avenue

James Burke, 54, 8 years school, born in Irish Free State
Sarah A Burke, 50, 8 years school, born in Irish Free State
Charles J Burke, 22, single, born in New York, 7 years school,
Irene E Burke, 19, born in Ohio, 4 years high school,

occupations are confused. James and Charles might have been truck drivers, Irene might have been a stenographer for a dime store.

all lived in the same place, Cleveland, in 1935. Sarah provided the information

Certificate of Death #9571
December 4, 1948
at St John's Hospital, Cleveland
Sarah Burke
residence: 3359 West 82nd
in US 42 years
white, female, married
born April 10, 1885, Ireland
age 63y 7m 24d
spouse: James [Burke] age 65
father: William Meade, born in Ireland
mother: Mary Driscoll, born in Ireland
informant: Joseph Burke, 3359 West 82nd
buried: Calvary, no date.

Name: Burke, Sarah (Meade)
Date: Dec 7 1949 [should be 1948]
Source: unknown, Reel #12
Notes: Burke, Sarah (Meade), late residence, 3359 W. 82d St., beloved wife of James; dear mother of Joseph, Dorothy Neneth, James, Sadie Stephany, Charies and Irene Stefanik, and grandmother, sister of Elizabeth Robbing Friends received at Corrigan's Funeral Home, Lorain Ave. at W. 148th St. Funeral Tuesday, Dec. 7, St. Ignatius' Church at 10 a. m.