Thomas, James and Elizabeth Burke

  This is Elizabeth and her husband Seborn Elliott

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James Burke - Elizabeth's younger brother - claimed a quarter adjoining Seborn's the same year - 1891. James had married  Manervia (sic) Hull in Leclerc County Missouri October 17, 1884, (father Jno. S. Hull and  mother Lorinda Hull have given their consent to said marriage) and in census 1900-1910-1920- they are back in Macon County Missouri.  One census said Maude 1888 was born in Colorado, but Lily - born in 1889 - was in Missouri .  So Minerva, at least, was in Colorado in 1888 and back home in 1889.

 

In 1910 James is a cleaner for a coach - must be for the street-cars or railroad

In 1920 James at 62 was a track man for a street-car company.

 

 James R. Burk : 20 Sep 1858  10 Oct 1939
 Mt. Zion: Cemetery  Located 2 1/2 miles northeast of Callao, Missouri on Route UU.

Alice is widowed in the 1940 census  There's a record of her in Mt Zion 9/21/1852 - 8/2/1943

One son Armel Henry Burk 12/15/1890 - 11/8/ 1968 and his wife Alice Anna Gilbert Burk 9/14/1891 - 10/15/1914 are also in Mr. Zion

NEW CAMBRIA LEADER, New Cambria, Missouri, Friday, Aug. 7, 1959
HOMER J. BURK RITES WEDNESDAY AT NEW CAMBRIA
Funeral services for Homer J. Burk, 70, who died Sunday, Aug. 2 at his home in New Cambria, were held at the United Church of New Cambria. Burial was in the New Cambria Cemetery.
The body was taken to the Gilleland Funeral Home where it remained until the hour of service.
Mr. Burk was born Apr. 8, 1889, north of Callao, the son of James Ruben and Alice M. (Harrison) Burk. He had lived in the Callao and New Cambria communities most of his life and had retired from farming and moved to New Cambria twelve years ago. He had served on the New Cambria Board of Education for a number of years.
He was a member of the Christian Church at Keota.
He was married Oct. 20, 1909 to Ada Lea, who survives and to this union eight children were born.
Mr. Burk had been preceded in death by his parents; two infant brothers; and one granddaughter, Linda Braxton.
In addition to his wife of the home, he leaves eight children, Mrs. Grace Braxton of Tampa, Florida, Mrs. Lois Barron of San Pedro, California, Mrs. Aletha Adams of Prairie Village, Kansas, Mrs. Marie Turner of Moberly, Howard of Bevier, and Mrs. Ruby Gibson, DeWayne and J.W., all of New Cambria; one sister, Mrs. Belva Holman of Ellensburg, Washington; three brothers, Montie and Marion of Callao, and Armel of Macon; and fifteen grandchildren.

 

Thomas Burke was in the same census page in 1910 - Thomas 48, Anna E. 42, Sylvester J. 19 Claude E. 16, Garrett 12, Rolla M. 6 and Rutha J. 1 .  Rolla was born in Nebraska, Rutha in Colorado.

Thomas was also a brother-in-law of Seborn's - and Anna was a Herbaugh girl.

  Here's Anna in 1908 at a funeral in Ravenna, Nebraska

Thomas Burk was a witness for a neighbor's land claim in 1908, so he was in Yuma County then.

Later census - even up to 1940 -  have Thomas and Anna back in Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri.  There were in-law's - females named Wall - living with them, and one was the informant on the death certificate of Thomas H. Burke dying March 16, 1951.  He was widowed, born March 20, 1864 in Adams, Ohio to Thomas Burke and Mary Carroll (and said his spouse was HANNA).

Anna' Burke's death certificate in Chillicothe said she was born November 4, 1866 in Livingston County to Walter Wall and Mary Casey, and died May 4, 1947.

 

The John S. Burke who registered for WWI in next-door-Phillips County, born January 14, 1891 in Hazard, Nebraska is probably the census Sylvester J.  He said he was married.  So he's the John S. Burke , age 25, marrying Dora Splithof (sic) 18 in Holyoke, Colorado November 20, 1916, by S.S. Worley, county judge.

In 1920 Logan County (right next to Phillips and Yuma) John S. is married to Dora J. 21.  They have Nora E. 2 and Hilda 3. four months.

 

In 1930 they're in Douglas County, Oregon.  Dora was born in Germany, Nora, Hilda, and Donald 8, all born in Colorado.  John doesn't have an occupation.

In 1940 John said he was widowed, he was living with daughter Nora and her husband Lee Shannon in Tulare County California.  Nora has Raymond 4 and Evelyn 2..

John died October 30, 1962 in San Francisco.

Name: Nora Evelyn SHANNON, born in Colorado November 13, 1917
Date of Death: February 25, 1997
Place of Death: Tulare Nursing & Rehab in Tulare, Tulare County, CA
Widowed
Father's Name: John Sylvester BURKE, born in Nebraska
Mother's Maiden Name: Lea Dora SPLIETHOF, born in New York
Informant: William SHANNON (son)
Informant's Address: 20510 Road 188 in Strathmore, CA 93267
Usual Residence of Deceased: 15113 Ave. 260 in Visalia, Tulare County,
CA
Place of Burial: Visalia District Cemetery in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
Date of Burial: March 3, 1997
Funeral Home: Hadley Funeral Chapel

Claude Burke registering in Platte County, Wyoming said he was born November 1, 1894 in Ansley, Nebraska (probably Ainsley) is married, with three children.  One Ancestry tree said he married Hazel May King March 9, 1913 in Johnson County, Wyoming and died in 1920.

Claude died in the World War I flu epidemic. He was working in Scottsbluff, Nebraska for his uncle and aunt, Dick and Lizzie (Herbaugh) Pickett. His wife, Hazel (King), was left with three sons and a daughter. All but the oldest son, Gerald Ellsworth, were given up for adoption.

The 1920 census in Sheridan, Wyoming has a Gerald Burk, 5, stepson to Charlie Tidd, wife Hazel.

 

In 1911 Albert Burke, A. Hurball (might be Herbaugh ??), Claud Burke, and Sylvester Burke were among the pallbearers at Mrs. Union Clevenger's funeral.

1912 "W.M. Burk, of Eckley, was doing business in Wray, last Monday."

The William T. Burke in Magee Precinct in 1910 was most likely Elizabeth Seborn's nephew (and also nephew of James Burke).  He was 38, born Missouri , married to Lulu M. 25, and they have John M. 4 and Alvin %R two months.  In 1940 William and Lulu are in Kingfisher County, Ohlahoma with Frankie 20 and Billy 13.  William is buried there.

Rella Owen, in 1930 Douglas County Missouri married to Charles Owen, is a likely one.  They have Mary L. 7 , Robert 6, and Alfred 4.

In 1940 Texas County, Missouri, Charles H. 49 and Rella M. 35 have Mary L. 17, Charles R. 16, Alfred E. 14, and Donald R. 7.

Rolla BURKE Owen Birth: May 10, 1904 Death: Jun. 9, 2000 Burial: Osborne Memorial Cemetery Joplin Newton County Missouri, USA Created by: Doris Snyder Record added: Dec 24, 2010 Find A Grave Memorial# 63285828

 Rolland Hubert Casteel married Ruth Burke May 21, 1923 in Joplin Missouri  R.H. was over 21, and Ruth was under 21 - she had her father's consent.  In 1930 they're in Kansas City, Missouri, with Dolores 3.  Rolland is a "cooler man" at a dairy.

In 1956 Kansas City Rolland H. is married to Beulah R. - he's a cook.

 

1913 John S. Burke of Ford was a witness for John W. Edwards' homestead claim., along with George F. Herbaugh.

Garrett Herbaugh Burke

Garrett was born Jun. 10, 1897 in Nebraska, the son of Thomas and Annie Herbaugh Burke. He married Jewel Casteel, they later divorced. He married Silvia Strait in 1950. His children include a son, Garrett H. Burke Jr. and five daughters Anna Strait, Bernice Bagnall, Agnes Lewis, Corrainne Herring and Phyllis Cader.   He died Jan. 16, 1983

Tulare County, California Death Certificate Transcription:

Name: Nora Evelyn SHANNON, born in Colorado November 13, 1917
Date of Death: February 25, 1997
Place of Death: Tulare Nursing & Rehab in Tulare, Tulare County, CA
Widowed
Father's Name: John Sylvester BURKE, born in Nebraska
Mother's Maiden Name: Lea Dora SPLIETHOF, born in New York
Informant: William SHANNON (son)
Informant's Address: 20510 Road 188 in Strathmore, CA 93267
Usual Residence of Deceased: 15113 Ave. 260 in Visalia, Tulare County,
CA
Place of Burial: Visalia District Cemetery in Visalia, Tulare Co., CA
Date of Burial: March 3, 1997
Funeral Home: Hadley Funeral Chapel