WILLIAM C. AND ELIZA (EASTWOOD) BURKE RESEARCH RECORD

BIRTH/BAPTISM/PARENTS/CHILDREN RECORDS

DEATH/OBITUARY/CEMETERY RECORDS

Both he and his wife Eliza (or Elizabeth) died at the home of their daughter, Sarah VAN GUNDY in Butler township, Butler County, IA.  They are buried in the Lowell Cemetery, southeast of Clarksville, Butler County, IA.

MARRIAGE/DIVORCE RECORDS

FAMILY BIBLE/RELIGION AFFILIATIONS RECORDS

EMPLOYMENT/MILITARY/ORGANIZATIONS RECORDS

William C. Burke was a farmer and laborer.

WILL/ESTATE/DEEDS/COURT RECORDS

Obituary, Clarksville Star, 16 May 1889.  Died:  William BURKE died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Sarah VAN GUNDY, which he has made his home for 12 years, on 11 May 1889.  He was 89 years old 4 months and 17 days.  He leaves six sons and three daughters to mourn his death and he was ready and willing to go.

Obituary, Clarksville Star, 28 Apr 1887:  Died:  April 26, 1886 of dropsy, Mrs. Eliza BURKE, age 75 years, 10 months and 20 days.  The deceased has been a constant sufferer for five years.  She leaves to mourn her loss an aged husband, six sons and three daughters.  Her death occurred at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Sarah VAN GRUNDY and she was buried in the Lowtown Cemetery.  Although a very busy season her funeral was quite largely attended.

CENSUS/CITY DIRECTORIES/TAX LIST RECORDS

1880 Beaver Township, Smith County, KS
     Burk, Frank E.                   W   M   30     Farmer     IA   VA   MI
              George Anna             W   F    29     Wife         PA  PA   PA
              Lorenzo                     W   M   11/12                KS  OH  PA

1870  Butler Township, Butler County, IA
     William C. BURKE           71     b.  Ireland
     Eliza                                   63     b.  England
     Charles D.                          16
     Lorenzo D.                         25
     Frank                                 23

1860 Pickaway Township, Pickaway County, OH, Post Office:  Kingston:
     William BURKE                68     b.  Ireland         Farmer
     Eliza                                   50      b.  Ireland
     John                                   24
     Lorenzo                              17
     Frank                                 14
     Martha J.                            12
     Charles                                 9

1850  Kingston, Greene Township, Ross County, OH, pp. 425-426
     William C. BURKE          56     Laborer     b.  Ireland
     Eliza BURKE                   40                      b.  Ireland
     James E. BURKE            19     Laborer     b.  NY
     William C. BURKE          16     Laborer     b.  OH
     Elizabeth BURKE             13                      b.  OH
     John BURKE                   12                      b.  OH
     Lorenzo D. BURKE           9                      b.  OH
     Frances BURKE                4                      b.  OH
     Martha J. BURKE              1                      b.  OH

1840 Fairfield County, OH, U.S. Census, p. 296: 
     William BURKE    
          1 m. under 5      John BURKE
          2 m.  5-10         James E. & Wm. C. BURKE
          1 m.  30-40       William C. BURKE
          1 f. under 5        Elizabeth BURKE
          1 f.   10-15        Sarah A. BURKE
          1 f.  20-30         Eliza BURKE

In the 1830 U.S. Census in Utica, Oneida County, NY, William BURKE was living next door to James BURKE.  James was the head-of-house in 30-40 age group and William was listed as head-of-house in the 20-30 age group.  James and William appear in the Utica city directory from 1828-1833.  James was listed as a labourer and William as a Morocco dresser; that is, a leather dresser.  No BURKEs were listed after 1833.

1830 Oneida County, NY, U.S. Census:
     William C. BURKE  

MIGRATION/CHRONOLOGY/MAP REFERENCE RECORDS

William C. BURKE:

1792     Born in Ireland
1830     Oneida County, NY
1840     Fairfield County, OH
1850     Ross County, OH
1860     Pickaway County, OH
1868     Butler County, IA (Martha Jane BURKE ADAIR's obituary)
1870     Butler County, IA

Burk, Wm. n.a.  NY NY  1816     8099 p. 96
     Schlegel, Donald M.  Passengers from Ireland: Lists of Passengers Arriving at American
     Ports Between 1811 and 1817.  Transcribed from "The Shamrock or Hibernian Chronicle."
     Baltimore, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1980, p. 96.

Burk, Wm.  n.a.  NY NY  1816     1742, p. 186
     Early, Charles Montague.  Passenger Lists from "The Shamrock or Irish Chronicle, 1815-
     1816."  The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society 29 (1930-1931), p. 186.

Burke, Wm. C.  1830  NY
     Burk, Wm.     Alba   304    Albany4   E3   36    20
                            ULST   080   Esopus   A2ER
             e, w        New    127    NYC10th   D E H
                            ONE1 029    Utica    ENR
                            New    049    NYC10th  EN2OR
                            OTSE  105    Middlefi   DIU
                            TOMP  541   Lansing  CGN203PS
                 G        New     199    NYC 8th  A1CD4E3FPW3R

INTERVIEW/ARTIFACTS RECORDS

WRITINGS/HISTORIES/NEWSPAPERS/MAGAZINE RECORDS

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30.1__Sarah A. BURKE     
     b.  1829, NY     
     child of:  William C. & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  2 Mar 1893, Butler Township, Butler County, IA
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA

     m.  24 Dec 1873, Ross Co, OH  
           (Source:  Ross County, OH Families, Bicentennial Edition, by Ross County Genealogical Society, 1976)

30.1s__David VAN GUNDY
     b.  22 Dec 1821
     child of:  Jacob & Catherine (CONNER) VanGUNDY
     d.  1873, Butler Township, Butler County, IA
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA

Other Marriages:

Children:
30.1a  Wesley J. VAN GUNDY     b.  1850, OH
30.1b  Almida VAN GUNDY     b.  1852, OH
30.1c  Hester A. VAN GUNDY     b.  1855, OH
30.1d  Sarah Elizabeth VAN GUNDY     b.  1858, IA
30.1e  Emma C. VAN GUNDY     b.  1862, IA
30.1f  Laura R. VAN GUNDY     b.  1864, IA
30.1g  Minnie VAN GUNDY     b.  1866, IA
30.1h  David E. VAN GUNDY     b.  1869, IA

Synopsis:

• David VAN GUNDY was a farmer and was listed as a Mexican War Veteran in the Lowell Cemetery History.  The family moved from Ross County, OH, to Scott County, IL and arrived in Butler County, IA after 1850 and before 1858.  Of the children, the first three were born in OH and the remainder were born in Butler Township, Butler County, IA.

• In 1850, they had a grocery in Kingston, Ross County, OH.

• They moved to Butler County, IA about 1858 and were farmers.  They had a homestead along the Shell Rock River, SE of Clarksville, near the Lowell Cemetery.

• Sarah and David made a home for William and Eliza in their old age.      

• Jacob VanGUNDY was b. 19 Apr 1770, Lancaster Co, PA    d. 29 Oct 1854, Ross Co, OH
  child of:  Christian & Ann (?) VanGUNDY
  m.  1800-1801, Northumberland Co, PA    Catherine CONNER
        b.  25 Sep 1780, PA     d.  7 Mar 1856, Ross Co, OH
        child of:  Jacob and Magdalena (?) CONNER

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30.2__James Edmund BURKE                                                      
     b.  12 Feb 1831, Utica, Oneida County, NY
     child of:  William C. & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  7 May 1911, Ottawa, Franklin County, KS
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA     
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     m.  11 Feb 1853, Ross County, OH

30.2s__Mary Jane BEAVER
     b.  18 Jul 1831, OH
     child of:  Joseph & S. (COOK) BEAVER 
     d.  20 Dec 1917, Shell Rock, Butler County, IA
     Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA     
                  Go to Tombstones

Other Marriages:  
NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Children:
 30.2a  John H. BURKE     b.  3 Oct 1853, OH     
           d.  5 Oct 1889, near Perry, Dallas County, IA
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA
           m.  20 Jun 1875, Clarksville, Butler County, IA, 
                 Carrie McCLINTOCK
           Children:  Ed BURKE
                           Ross BURKE
                            Lee BURKE             
           John worked as a brakeman on the Milwaukee Railroad and lived in Van Horne,  
           Benton County, IA.  He was killed at a railroad station in Bouton, Dallas County, IA, near
           Perry.  He was knocked off the side of a car and run over by a flat car.            

 

 

 

 

 

30.2b  William E. BURKE     b.  Jul 1855, OH           
           m.  7 Sep 1879, Shell Rock, Butler, Co, IA, Ida A. SATTERLEE
           After 1900, he moved his family to Akeley, MN where he is listed as 
           a sawmill worker in 1910. 
           [This compiler can find no reference to an "Akeley" in MN - Deb 
           Morrow]
Children:  Blanche BURKE
                Pearl BURKE
                Forrest BURKE
                 Fern BURKE

30.2c  James H. BURKE     b.  May 1857, OH     d.  21 Jun 1863     
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA
30.2d  Sarah Eliza BURKE     
           b.  16 Dec 1859, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
           d.  Sep 1939, Waverly, Bremer County, IA
           m.  28 Nov 1880, Clarksville, Butler County, IA, William H. BETTS   
                 b.  1859  d.  1939
           Buried (both): Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA     Go to Tombstones
           Children:  Ray BETTS     b.  1883  (Blacksmith and part owner of Power/Light Co)
                           Scott BETTS     b.  1889  (Blacksmith - moved to LA, CA before 1940)
           Mr. Betts was a blacksmith in Shell Rock until 1920 when they moved to Waverly, Bremer
           County, IA where he was a blacksmith until the 1930s.
30.2e  Charles Clifton (Cliff) BURKE     b.  6 Dec 1864, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
           d.  26 Aug 1949, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS
           Buried:  Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS
           m.  23 Dec 1887, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS, Gertrude N. BROOKS
           Children:  Roy BURKE     (Blacksmith on ATSF until 1936 when he went to LA, CA and
                           worked on the railroad there)
                           m.  c1909, Gold N. CLARK
                           Children:  Willard BURKE   (lived in CA in 1960s-1970s)
                                           Willis BURKE     (killed in WWII)
                                           Betty Lou BURKE  (lived in CA in 1960s-1970s)
           Cliff worked as a blacksmith until after 1900, then went to work on the ATSF railroad as a
           blacksmith and later, car man.  He retired from the ATSF about 1936.  Gertrude was about
           25% Ottawa Indian.
30.2f  Alice BURKE     b.  17 Aug 1868     d.  10 Feb 1941
30.2g  Allie B. BURKE     b. 17 Aug 1868, Butler Township, Butler Co, IA     
                                     d.  8 Nov 1956, St. Louis, St. Louis County, MO     
           Buried:  Glendale Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
           m.  9 Feb 1887, Ottawa, Franklin County, KS, Thomas B.                  
                 STINGLEY     d.  after 1890
                 Children:  Frank Leonard STINGLEY
                                                           m.  Vivian ROSS  (no children)
                                                            Gladys STINGLEY  (living in St. Louis as a widow 
                                                           in 1956)
                                                           m.  ? BETTS  
           Children living with Mr. and Mrs. ALDRICH, east of Ottawa, IA in 1900 census.
           1911, Allie living in Kansas City.  1910, Frank went to work on a railroad in Chicago, IL.
           1917, he came to Des Moines and spent the rest of his life.  Allie died in home of Gladys
            BETTS in 1956 in St. Louis.  She was taken back to Des Moines for burial.

Synopsis:

• James BURKE was christened 3 Apr 1831 in St. Johns Catholic Church, Utica, Oneida County, NY.  

• James BURKE's occupation was farmer.

• He moved from Butler County, IA to Franklin County, KS.

• His wife is listed as Mary Jane CAMP or BEAVER.  Possibly she was married prior to her marriage to James.

• On 30 Sep 1858, they came to Butler County, IA, moved to KS in 1864 and back to IA until 1884 when they moved back to KS until James' death in 1911.

• A son, James H. BURKE was born in 1857 in OH and died 21 Jun 1863 and is buried in Lowell Cemetery in Clarksville, Butler County, IA.

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30.2f__Alice BURKE     
     b.  17 Aug 1868, Butler Township, Butler County, IA     
     child of:  James Edmund & Mary Jane (BEAVER) BURKE
     d.  10 Feb 1941, Mercy Hospital, Des Moines, Polk County, IA
     Buried:  Glendale Masonic Cemetery, Des Moines, Polk County, IA

     m.  26 Nov 1890, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO

30.2fs__Frank Enoch DALE
     b.  9 Apr 1866, Ottawa, Franklin County, KS
     child of:  William & Elizabeth (REYNOLDS) DALE, Jr
     d.  2 Apr 1939, Mena, Polk County, AR  (of pneumonia)
     Buried:  Baptist Cemetery, Board Camp, Polk County, AR

Other Marriages:

Children:
30.2f1  Robert DALE     b.  5  Dec 1891, Ottawa, Franklin County, KS     d.  11 Dec 1891
30.2f2  Ralph DALE     b.  7 Aug 1893, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, IA     d.  Nov 1895
30.2f3  Bessie DALE     b.  3 Mar 1896     d.  27 Oct 1945
            m.  25 Dec 1913, Frank WALLIS
            Children:  Lenora WALLIS
                           m.  Raymond HOUSTON
                           Howard WALLIS  (Veteran of WWII)
30.2f4  Dewey DALE Sr.     b.  13 Jan 1899, Lawrence, Douglas Co, KS     
            d.  12 Feb 1981, La Cygne, Linn County, KS
            m.  28 Apr 1923, Mary Ann DUNN     b.  28 Mar 1905, Morrilton, Conway Co, AR
            Children:  3 boys
                            Robert Lewis DALE     b.  10 Feb 1934, Polk County, AR
                            m.  20 Aug 1975, Parker, KS  [Compiler cannot locate Parker, KS - Deb M]
                                  Stella Margarette HUNTER     b.  20 Jun 1933, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
30.2f5  Marion Gladys DALE     b.  22 Jul 1901, Ottawa, Franklin County, KS     d.  23 Jul 1918
30.2f6  Wanda Elizabeth DALE    b.  23 Mar 1908, Ottawa, Franklin Co, KS     d. 11 Mar 1932
             Died in St. Louis, Buried:  Hope Cemetery, Ottawa, Polk/Clarke Cos, IA

Synopsis:

• Alice Burke was a twin to Allie B. BURKE.  

• Frank DALE was born on the "Old DALE Homestead, Section 27 Twp. 17, Range 20', 8 miles south of Ottawa, KS.  He died in the General Hospital, Mena, AR.  

• Frank lived in Ottawa until about 15 years old, then went to CO with older brothers, sister and probably his mother.  He worked as a ranch hand and miner in CO and lived for a time in Sacramento, CA.  He became a barber there and came back to Ottawa where he married Alice.

• Alice and Frank went to Cedar Falls, IA for a short time, then back to Ottawa.  He sold insurance for a while and became a Methodist preacher about 1910.  He was on a SE KS circuit and lived many places around SE KS.

• In 1913, Frank and Alice made a covered wagon trip to Cabool, MO but went back to Ottawa the next year.

• About 1917-1918, they moved to SW MO and lived several places there, and moved later to NW AR.

• About 1925, they moved to Mena, AR, had a restaurant in a hotel and then went to a farm near Board Camp, 10 miles east of Mena.

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30.6__Lorenzo Dow BURKE     
     b.  28 Sep 1848, Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH     
     child of:  William C. & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  26 Mar 1924, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO
     Buried:  Mt. Washington Cemetery, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO

     m.  14 Feb 1878, Waverly, Bremer County, IA

30.6s__Georgeana McCOY
     b.  22 Apr 1850, PA
     child of:  George & Eliza (WETZEL) McCOY (both born in Ireland)
     d.  16 May 1928, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO
     Buried:  Mt. Washington Cemetery, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO

Other Marriages:  None known.

Children:
30.6a  Frank E. BURKE     b.  14 Jun 1879, Smith Center, Smith County, KS     
           d.  23 Dec 1962, Snohomish, Snohomish County, WA
           m.  17 Mar 1906, Akron, Plymouth County, IA, Elva Mae CHAMBERS
           Children:  Anita BURKE
                           m.  ? MacDicken
                           2 more daughters, 2 sons
           Mail carrier in Akron, IA for 36 years.  Retired to Snohomish, WA for 25 years.
30.6b  Mazela (Mae) BURKE     b.  30 Dec 1880, Smith Center, Smith County, KS
           d.  21 Oct 1959, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO
           Buried:  Mound Grove Cemetery, Independence, Jackson County, MO
           m.  Archie MUSGRAVE  (no children)
           m.  ? STACKS (no children)
           m.  John GALLON
30.6c  George W. BURKE     b.  10 Jun 1883, Smith Center, Smith County, KS     
           d.  10 Jul 1959, Burlington, Coffey County, KS
           Buried:  Waverly Cemetery (new part:  row 9, lot 6), Waverly, Bremer County, IA
           m.  23 Dec 1906, Burlington, Coffey County, KS, Lottie Bell FANNEN     b.     
                 d.  Nov 1974
           Children:  Violet BURKE     b.  29 Mar 1914     d.  42y5m9d
                           Wilbur BURKE                     Resided CA 1959
                           George W. BURKE, Jr.  living in Dallas, TX in 1982
           Funeral services at Waverly Methodist Church, 12 Jul 1959 at 2 p.m. by The Rev. Retha
           SADLER.  Interment:  Waverly, KS.  Casketbearers:  Lee SHOBE, Clifford BURNS,
           Earl ALLEN, Harold WILLIAMS, Eugene WILLIAMS, Clifton VunCANNON. 
           Music (In the Garden, The Old Rugged Cross) by Mrs. Glen ANDERSON, Mrs. Irwin
           CALVERT, and Jack GARVEY, Organist.
30.6d  Lucy BURKE     b.  22 Apr 1885, Smith Center, Smith County, KS     
           d.  20 Apr 1923, Sugar Creek, Jackson County, MO  (Buried:  Mt. Washington Cemetery)
           Resided Slater, Saline County, MO
           m.  Mar 1910, John WEBB
           Children:  Juanita WEBB
                           m.  ? GALLUP    lived in Independence, MO in 1982
                           Leora WEBB
30.6e  John C. (W.?) BURKE     b.  18 Oct 1890, Harris, Anderson County, KS
           m.  21 Oct 1914, Kansas City, Jackson County, MO, Irene L. ?
           1975:  1441 Homewood Road, Apt. 960, Seal Beach, CA  90740
           Children:  William Aaron BURKE in Palos Verdes Estates, CA in 1975

Synopsis:

• 1878-79 moved to Smith Center, Smith County, KS

• 1896-1898  living in Burlington, Coffey County, KS

• Lorenzo DOW - "itinerant preacher of the Gospel" - Methodist preacher.  b. 16 Oct 1777, Coventry, Tolland County, CT; son of Humphrey B. & Tabitha (PARKER) DOW.

• Obituary, Independent Examiner, Independence, MO, 27 Mar 1924, p. 1:  Lorenzo D. BURKE, age 76, retired farmer, died at 10:30 o'clock last night at his home at Sugar Creek.  Survivors:  sons Frank, Akron, IA; George W., Waverly, KS; John, near Fairmont Park, MO; daughter Mary STARKS of Sugar Creek.  Services at Sugar Creek Methodist Church, buried Mt. Washington Cemetery.

• Obituary, Independent Examiner, Independence, MO, 17 May 1928, p. 1:  Mrs. Georgiana BURKE, 78 years old, widow of L.D. BURKE, died at home of daughter, Mrs. John STARKS, High and Anderson Street, Sugar Creek, yesterday.  She had been bedfast several months with a broken hip, suffered August 10.  Survivors:  sons Frank, Akron, IA; George W., Waverly, KS; John, near Fairmont Park, MO; nephew Cliff BURKE, Ottawa, KS.  Funeral services at the home of Mrs. L.I. SUTTON, High and Anderson Street, 3 p.m. tomorrow, burial at Mt. Washington Cemetery.

• 4 of their 5 children were born in Smith Center, Smith County, KS.

• When Georgeana's nephew, Charles Alphonzo Goodsel (b. 16 Oct 1885, probably in NE), was orphaned upon his mother's death (she was Josephine Mae McCOY  who m. William GOODSEL) when he was only 12, Georgiana took him home to Burlington, KS directly from the cemetery.  Later, he went to Marion, KS.

• 1880 U.S. Census, Beaver Township, Smith County, KS:  
  118  BURK, Lorenzo  M  30  Farmer  b.  OH  Father b. OH     Mother b. England
          George Anne       F  29  Wife  Keep House  b.  PA  Father b. PA      Mother b. PA
          Frank E.                M  11/12 (June)  Son         b.  KS  Father b. OH     Mother b. PA

Source:  Information on the McCOYs and GOODSELs from Mrs. Nellie GOODSEL (wife of Arthur) in a letter from St. Paul, KS in 1982.

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30.9__Charles D. BURKE     
     b.  16 Jun 1857, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, IN     
     child of:  William C & Eliza (EASTWOOD) BURKE
     d.  22 Apr 1921, Waverly, Bremer County, IA
     Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA

     m.  25 Dec 1880, Butler County, IA

30.9s__Nora E. KELLER
     b.  1863, IL
     child of:  Richard & Catherine (TEMPLE) KELLER
     d.
     Buried:

Other Marriages:

Children:
30.9a  Ezra BURKE     b.  1885, Clarksville, Butler County, IA     
           d.  14 Jan 1958, Waterloo, Blackhawk County, IA
           Buried:  Lynwood Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA
           m.  24 Nov 1904, ?
           Ezra worked on a railroad section crew and was killed in an auto accident in Waterloo, IA
           in 1958 at the age of 73.
30.9b  Earl BURKE     b.  4 Jan 1889, Clarksville, Butler County, IA     
           d.  7 Aug 1889, Clarksville, Butler County, IA
           Buried:  Lowell Cemetery, Clarksville, Butler County, IA
30.9c  Sybil (Belle) BURKE
           m.  Ira WHEELER

Synopsis:

• Charles D. BURKE died in the Waverly Hospital.

• Charles and Nora were married at the residence of J.A. MORRIS in Butler County, IA.

• Church affiliation is listed as: Christian.

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