Nora O'Toole

Birth Name Nora O'Toole
Gender female
Age at Death 86 years, 4 months, 27 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth July 18, 1875 Conagher Townland, Dunmore Civil Parish, County Galway, Ireland   1a 2a
Event Note

Her 1911 census said she was born about 1873
Her marriage record said she was born about 1876
Her 1901 census said she was born about 1877
She was of Conagher Townland when she married.

There were two John O'Tooles in Conagher in the 1870's:
John and Bridget (Ridge) Toole
John and Sarah "Sally" Kelly Toole.

I only found a child Honora for John and Sarah.
This is the record:

Superintendent Registrar's District: Tuam, Registrar's District: Dunmore, County Galway
Births
18 July 1875 in Cunnagher, parish of Milltown
Honoria [daughter of] John Toole, a landholder of Cunnagher, and Sally Toole, formerly Kelly. Informant: Sally -her mark- Toole, mother, of Cunnagher

Residence March 11, 1899 Conagher Townland, Dunmore Civil Parish, County Galway, Ireland   1a
Event Note

Nora was "of Conagher" when she was married

Census (Daughter in law) March 31, 1901 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   3a
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 (Wife) April 2, 1911 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   4a
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.

Death December 14, 1961 Cloondergan Townland, County Galway, Ireland   5a
Event Note

This is probably Honora's death
Tuam, Dunmore, Galway
Deaths
December 14, 1961
in Cloondalgin Garrafralisin/Garrafralun [Garrafrauns]
Honor Burke, farmer's widow, 87, heart failure, 9m, certified. informant: Martin Burke of Cloondalgin, present at death.

Families

Family of Martin Burke and Nora O'Toole

Married Husband Martin Burke ( b. August 11, 1870 d. June 6, 1955 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage March 11, 1899 Milltown, County Galway, Ireland   1a
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. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Burke-Toole Marriage, March 11, 1899, Milltown, Dunmore, Tuam, Galway
  2. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: 18 July 1875, Tuam, Dunmore, Galway
  3. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 8 in Cloondergan Addergoole, Galway
  4. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 11 in Cloondergan (Addergoole, Galway)
  5. Irish Civil Registration Records, Deaths
      • Page: Honor Burke, December 14, 1961, Tuam, Dunmore, Galway