Martin Burke

Birth Name Martin Burke
Gender male
Age at Death 84 years, 9 months, 26 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth August 11, 1870 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   1a 2a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Tuam, Registrar's District: Dunmore, County Galway
Births
in Cloondergan
August 11, 1870
Martin [son of] John Burke, a landholder of Cloondergan, and Mary Burke, formerly Kielty. informant: Mary -her mark- Burke, mother, of Cloondergan

Census (Son) March 31, 1901 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   1a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
31 March 1901
Residents of a house 8 in Cloondergan (Addergoole, Galway)

Burke John 50 Male Head of Family
Burke Mary 47 Female Wife
Burke Martin 25 Male Son
Burke Nora 24 Female Daughter in Law
Burke Thomas 20 Male Son
Burke Thomas 1 Male Grand Son

All Roman Catholic, all born in Galway, all old enough could read and write English. John and Mary could speak Irish. Thomas (20) is not described as blind on this census, as he is in 1911.

Census (Head) April 2, 1911 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   3a
Event Note

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.

Residence August 22, 1921 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   4a
Event Note

Martin was in Cloondergan when his daughter Mary left for the US

Residence (Father) September 29, 1924 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland    
Event Note

Martin Burke was living in Cloondergan, Dunmore, Galway, when his daughter Winifred left for Cleveland, Ohio

Residence May 2, 1927 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   5a
Event Note

Martin was living in Cloondergan Townland, Galway, when his daughter Sarah left for Cleveland, Ohio.

Residence April 30, 1929 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   4b
Event Note

Martin was in Clondergan when his son John left for the US.

Death June 6, 1955 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   6a
Event Note

This is probably Martin's death:
Tuam, Dunmore, Galway
Deaths

June 6, 1955
in Cloondalgin
Martin Burke, married, 86, farmer. myocardial defeneration?, influenza 10 days, certified. informant: Martin Burke, son, of Cloondalgin, present at death

 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father John Burkeabout 1851
Mother Mary Kieltyabout 1853
    Brother     Michael Burke September 28, 1867 June 9, 1941
         Martin Burke August 11, 1870 June 6, 1955
    Brother     Thomas Burke about 1881

Families

Family of Martin Burke and Nora O'Toole

Married Wife Nora O'Toole ( b. July 18, 1875 d. December 14, 1961 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage March 11, 1899 Milltown, County Galway, Ireland   7a
Event Note

Superintendent's Registrar's District: Tuam
Roman Catholic Chapel of Milltown, Registrar's District of Dunmore, County of Galway

March 11, 1899
Martin Burke, 28, bachelor, farmer, of Clondergan, father: John Burke, farmer
and
Nora Toole, 23, spinster, farmer's daughter, of Conagher, father: John Toole, farmer

By Michael ___? PP
witnesses: Thomas Burke, Delia Toole

 

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Thomas BurkeDecember 9, 1899
Mary Theresa BurkeSeptember 20, 1901March 12, 2006
Winifred Anne BurkeJune 20, 1904October 27, 2001
Sarah H BurkeAugust 22, 1906December 24, 1987
John BurkeApril 14, 1908
Michael BurkeJune 24, 1909
Martin Stephen BurkeDecember 20, 1912

Source References

  1. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 8 in Cloondergan Addergoole, Galway
  2. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: Martin Burke, August 11, 1870, Tuam, Dunmore, Co Galway
  3. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 11 in Cloondergan (Addergoole, Galway)
  4. New York, Passenger Arrival Lists (Ellis Island), 1892-1924
      • Page: August 22, 1921, SS Baltic, Mary Burke arrival
      • Page: John Burke, 30 April 1929, SS Lancastria
  5. New York Passenger Lists
      • Page: May 2, 1927, SS Cedric
  6. Irish Civil Registration Records, Deaths
      • Page: Martin Burke, June 6, 1955, Tuam, Dunmore, Galway
  7. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Burke-Toole Marriage, March 11, 1899, Milltown, Dunmore, Tuam, Galway