Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
Sylvia May Burke
1930 - 2003 (72 years)1. Sylvia May Burke was born on 17 Nov 1930 in St. Kilda, Australia (daughter of Edward Cyril Burke and Edith Sara Winbanks); died on 21 Jul 2003 in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia. Family/Spouse: Francis John Craven. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
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Edward Cyril Burke was born on 31 Oct 1908 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia (son of Edward Burke and Violet Maud Butcher); died on 31 Mar 1990 in Victoria, Australia; was buried on 04 Apr 1990 in Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia. Edward married Edith Sara Winbanks in 1928, and was divorced on 04 May 1938. Edith was born about 1907. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Edith Sara Winbanks was born about 1907. Children:
- Edith Thelma Burke
- 1. Sylvia May Burke was born on 17 Nov 1930 in St. Kilda, Australia; died on 21 Jul 2003 in Glen Waverley, Victoria, Australia.
Generation: 3
4. Edward Burke was born on 24 Jun 1885 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia (son of Thomas Johnathon Burke and Katherine Hanley Grimes); died on 29 Nov 1925. Edward married Violet Maud Butcher on 22 Dec 1906 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Violet (daughter of Timothy Butcher, Jr. and Eleanor Hughes) was born about 1885 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia; died on 13 May 1973 in Victoria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Violet Maud Butcher was born about 1885 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia (daughter of Timothy Butcher, Jr. and Eleanor Hughes); died on 13 May 1973 in Victoria. Children:
- 2. Edward Cyril Burke was born on 31 Oct 1908 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia; died on 31 Mar 1990 in Victoria, Australia; was buried on 04 Apr 1990 in Brighton General Cemetery, Caulfield South, Glen Eira City, Victoria, Australia.
- Irene Zeila Elizabeth Burke was born on 11 Mar 1911.
- Clarence Norman Burke was born on 03 Jan 1919; died in 1948.
Generation: 4
8. Thomas Johnathon Burke was born between 1853-1854 in Born at sea aboard the vessel "Eagle" (son of William Burke and Alica Freyer). Thomas married Katherine Hanley Grimes on 04 Nov 1876 in Victoria Australia. Katherine (daughter of Michael Grimes and Margaret Callaghan) was born about 1853 in Convict Hospital, Tasmania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Katherine Hanley Grimes was born about 1853 in Convict Hospital, Tasmania (daughter of Michael Grimes and Margaret Callaghan). Children:
- William Johnathon Burke was born on 20 Nov 1871; died on 06 Dec 1922.
- William Thomas Burke was born in 1878.
- Ethel Maude Burke was born on 06 Oct 1879; died on 10 Jul 1922.
- Celia Burke was born on 20 May 1881; died in 1882.
- Thomas John Burke was born on 08 Aug 1882; died on 13 Dec 1916 in En Route to France.
- Alicia Burke was born on 24 Jun 1884; died in 1884.
- 4. Edward Burke was born on 24 Jun 1885 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia; died on 29 Nov 1925.
10. Timothy Butcher, Jr. was born about 1855 in Ulverston Lancashire, United Kingdom (son of Timothy Butcher, Sr. and Betsy Seward); died on 22 Sep 1884; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia. Timothy married Eleanor Hughes in 1879 in Charters Towers. Eleanor (daughter of Reverend Henry Philip William Hughes and Jane Elizabeth Beddoes) was born about 1858; died in 1936 in Brunswick, Victoria. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Eleanor Hughes was born about 1858 (daughter of Reverend Henry Philip William Hughes and Jane Elizabeth Beddoes); died in 1936 in Brunswick, Victoria. Children:
- Herbert Wellesley Butcher was born in 1882.
- 5. Violet Maud Butcher was born about 1885 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia; died on 13 May 1973 in Victoria.