Ohio Families

Superintendent's Registrar's District: Tuam
Registrar's District of Dunmore, County of Galway

Births
June 20, 1904
in Clondergan

Winifred [daughter of] Martin Burke, a farmer of Clondergan, and Honor Burke, formerly Toole. informant Honor Burke, mother, of Clondergan

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.

Left Liverpool September 21, 1924, arrived New York September 29, 1924, on the SS Laconia

Winifred Burke, 20, single, a domestic, Irish, last permanent residence: Dunmore, Ireland, nearest relative in Ireland: father Martin Burke, Cloonnergan, Dunmore, Galway, carrying 50 dollars, paid for the trip herself, had never been in the US before, intends to stay permanently. 5'7", fresh complexion, brown hair and eyes, born in Dunmore, Ireland, visa issued in Dublin, August 25, 1924

destination Cousin Nellie Burke, 6800 Lucerne Avenue, Cleveland
line 9 through 13, and line 17 all from Dunmore
Nora Hernon, Thomas Kielty, Margaret Mitchel, Martin Kielty, Winifred Burke, Bridget Martyn

6800 Lucerne was where Winifred's uncle Michael Burke lived. It was the destination of her brother Thomas, and sisters Mary and Sarah when they arrived.

Probably her:
1925 Cleveland City Directory
Winifred Burke, maid 9209 Pierpont Avenue

 

Probably her
1926 Cleveland City Directory
Winifred Burke, maid 2246 Tudor Drive, Cleveland Heights

 

1930 Census Cleveland
April 4, 1930
renting at 1362 East 95th

Peter Corrigan, 28, 1st married at 28, born in Irish Free State, parents also, arrived 1928, naturalization papers pending, pipe coverer, roofing company
Winifred Corrigan, 25, 1st married at 25, born in Irish FreeState, parents also, arrived 1925, naturalization papers pending

1940 Census, Ward 26 Cleveland
April 4, 1940
owns the house 12414 Locke

Peter Corrigan, 40, 8 years school, born in Northern Ireland, asbestos worker, wholesale asbestos company
Winifred Corrigan, 34, 8 years school, born in Northern Ireland
---- Corrigan, 8, born in Ohio
---- Corrigan, 4m, born in Ohio

parents lived in Cleveland in 1935

Petition for Naturalization
September 10, 1943

Winifred Anne Corrigan
12414 Locke Avenue, Cleveland
age 39, born June 20, 1904, in Co Galway, Ireland
white, fair complexion, brown hair and eyes, 5'7", 140 lbs
husband: Peter, born June 15, 1900, County Mayo, Ireland
married March 17, 1930, in Cleveland
he entered US at Buffalo, NY in 1927, and was naturalized January 18, 1935, in Cleveland. he now lives with me

My last place of foreign residence was County Galway, I emigrated from Queenstown and arrived at New York on September 30, 1924, on the SS Laconia. I have resided continuously in the US for 3 years.

signed Winifred Anne Corrigan
witnesses:
Florence Berry, 3507 Dover Ave, Cleveland, housekeeper
Katherine Tolan/Folan, 873 East 130th, Cleveland, housewife

dated September 10, 1943

 

Social Security Death Index
Name: Winifred A. Corrigan
Last Residence: 44143 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Born: 20 Jun 1904
Died: 27 Oct 2001

 

Winifred A Corrigan
Death 27 Oct 2001
Burial All Souls Cemetery
Chardon, Geauga County, Ohio, USA
Memorial ID 163603277

 

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Title: Corrigan, Winifred A: Wife Of Late Peter J-obit
Date: 2001-10-31
Source: Plain Dealer
Notes: pg. 6 sec. B