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Patrick Burke

Patrick Burke

Born
1844-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1890-04-17 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in USA

Parents are Patrick Burke and Mary Glenney Burke.  Listed with family on ship's list arriving in the United States on 12 November 1847.  The family settled in Will Co., Illinois, USA in the 1850's.  Patrick fought for the Union Army in the Civil War coming back to Illinois in 1865 after the war ended.  He married Catherine Keigher in 1873. (Catherine was the sister of Patrick's brother Richard's wife, Eleanor Keigher).  They had 7 children.  Patrick worked in the coal mines.  He died in a horse & cart accident in 1890.  After his death his wife & children moved to St. Paul, MN, where Catherine's brother lived.  She died there in 1913.

Associated communities

Limerick

County Limerick, or Luimneach in Irish, is located in the med-west region of Ireland.  Limerick became Ireland’s inaugural National City of Culture in 2014 with a wide variety of events happening around the city.  We have a population of approximately 195,175.  We look forward to  helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.   

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Buildings in this community

  • Old Abbey House, Shanagolden, Co Limerick

    Location: Limerick

  • Treanmanagh TOWNLAND

    Location: Limerick

    Treanmanagh, Pallasgreen, Co. Limerick

  • Kilpeacon House in 1850

    Location: Limerick

    Kilpeacon

  • Bunratty Castle

    Location: Limerick

Timeline events in this community

  • 1860s

    St. Patrick's Graveyard

    <p>Parish Priest</p>

    1861-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    Foundation of South Liberties GAA Club

    1884-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1887 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1888-04-29 12:00:00