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Clarence Norman Burke

Male 1919 - 1948  (28 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Clarence Norman Burke was born on 03 Jan 1919 (son of Edward Burke and Violet Maud Butcher); died in 1948.

    Notes:

    Per notes from Terry Burke, Clarence may have had Downs Syndrome.

    Clarence never married.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  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.

    Notes:

    Edward was a Labourer and photographer.

    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]


  2. 3.  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.

    Notes:

    Name:
    When Violet's mother remarried Charles Frederick Dix in 1885 Violet's last name was changed to Dix.

    Children:
    1. 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.
    2. Irene Zeila Elizabeth Burke was born on 11 Mar 1911.
    3. 1. Clarence Norman Burke was born on 03 Jan 1919; died in 1948.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Thomas Johnathon Burke was born between 1853-1854 in Born at sea aboard the vessel "Eagle" (son of William Burke and Alica Freyer).

    Notes:

    Thomas was a Victorian Police Constable.

    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]


  2. 5.  Katherine Hanley Grimes was born about 1853 in Convict Hospital, Tasmania (daughter of Michael Grimes and Margaret Callaghan).
    Children:
    1. William Johnathon Burke was born on 20 Nov 1871; died on 06 Dec 1922.
    2. William Thomas Burke was born in 1878.
    3. Ethel Maude Burke was born on 06 Oct 1879; died on 10 Jul 1922.
    4. Celia Burke was born on 20 May 1881; died in 1882.
    5. Thomas John Burke was born on 08 Aug 1882; died on 13 Dec 1916 in En Route to France.
    6. Alicia Burke was born on 24 Jun 1884; died in 1884.
    7. 2. Edward Burke was born on 24 Jun 1885 in St Kilda, Victoria, Australia; died on 29 Nov 1925.

  3. 6.  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.

    Notes:

    Timothy died in a Mining accident 22 Sep 1884.

    Migrated to Queendland Australia in 1876 with his sister Elizabeth.

    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]


  4. 7.  Eleanor Hughes was born about 1858 (daughter of Reverend Henry Philip William Hughes and Jane Elizabeth Beddoes); died in 1936 in Brunswick, Victoria.
    Children:
    1. Herbert Wellesley Butcher was born in 1882.
    2. 3. Violet Maud Butcher was born about 1885 in Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia; died on 13 May 1973 in Victoria.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William Burke was born in 1826 (son of Michael Burke and Catherine ?).

    William married Alica Freyer in 1853 in Donegal. Alica was born in 1826 in County Kerry. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Alica Freyer was born in 1826 in County Kerry.

    Notes:

    Notes from Terry Burke:
    ALICA FREYER
    (FORMERLY "CONAGHAN")
    B: 1826 COUNTY KERRY
    1 CHILD - MARGARET
    B: 1849 (IRELAND)
    D: 1856(BALLARAT)

    Children:
    1. 4. Thomas Johnathon Burke was born between 1853-1854 in Born at sea aboard the vessel "Eagle".

  3. 10.  Michael Grimes was born about 1824 in County Roscommon, IIreland; died on 01 Sep 1899 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    Transportee - Sheep Stealing" 10 years
    Blenheim (4) - 1848
    Placed New Norfolk Fenton Woods

    Refer Digitised records

    Michael married Margaret Callaghan on 12 Feb 1854 in Hamilton, Tasmania, Australia. Margaret was born about 1826 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 17 Nov 1902 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Margaret Callaghan was born about 1826 in Glasgow, Scotland; died on 17 Nov 1902 in Prahran, Victoria, Australia.

    Notes:

    Transportee - "Exposure of Infant" - 12 years
    Cadet (2) - 2 Jan 1848

    Refer Digitised records


    Also found last name as "Kalahar". http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/igi/individual_record.asp?recid=100179308653&lds=1®ion=16&frompage=1

    Notes:

    "Permission to Marry" 02 Jan 1854.

    Children:
    1. 5. Katherine Hanley Grimes was born about 1853 in Convict Hospital, Tasmania.
    2. Patrick Grimes was born on 18 Aug 1854; died on 16 Sep 1926.
    3. Mary Jane Grimes was born on 30 Apr 1859.
    4. Margaret Grimes was born on 18 Oct 1861.

  5. 12.  Timothy Butcher, Sr. was born between 1820-1824; died in Aft1881.

    Notes:

    Timothy was a painter/journeyman.

    Timothy married Betsy Seward about 1850. Betsy (daughter of John Seward and Mary E. ?) was born between 1818-22 in Ulverstone Lancashire, United Kingdom; died before 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 13.  Betsy Seward was born between 1818-22 in Ulverstone Lancashire, United Kingdom (daughter of John Seward and Mary E. ?); died before 1881.

    Notes:

    Terry burke has spelling of last names also found as Suert and Sewart.

    Children:
    1. Elizabeth Butcher was born about 1850; died in 1904.
    2. 6. Timothy Butcher, Jr. was born about 1855 in Ulverston Lancashire, United Kingdom; died on 22 Sep 1884; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia.

  7. 14.  Reverend Henry Philip William Hughes was born in 1836 in On British ship near Chunar India (son of William Hughes and ?); died between 1907-1913.

    Notes:

    Per Terry Burke there are 3 "Henry Hughes" listed dead 1907, 1912 and 1913.

    Mentioned in Parliamentary Papers Great Britain Page 782 1870 - Vicar of Meares.

    Per Terry Burke -
    Family emigrated to Queensland in 1872/73
    Vessel "Royal Dane" Moreton Bay Q'land 16/1/1873
    Registered to Celebrate marriage 27/1/1873
    Transferred Brisbane to Gympie 17/1/1876
    Transferred Rockhampton to Townsville 7/1/1878
    Charters Towers 18/11/1878
    Editor "Nortern Standard and Townsville Argus"
    Also Headmaster of private school Cooktown


    I searched records for Vessel "Royal Dane" for 16 Jan 1873, but did not find this family in the logs. http://www.cqhistory.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/Events/Ship-TheRoyalDane

    Henry married Jane Elizabeth Beddoes about 1850 in Wales. Jane (daughter of Reverend Thomas Lewis Beddoes and Jane Lewis) was born about 1835; died in 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  8. 15.  Jane Elizabeth Beddoes was born about 1835 (daughter of Reverend Thomas Lewis Beddoes and Jane Lewis); died in 1878.
    Children:
    1. 7. Eleanor Hughes was born about 1858; died in 1936 in Brunswick, Victoria.
    2. Henry Philip Napoleon Hughes was born in 1866; died in 1957 in Townsville.
    3. Herbert Ellis Hughes was born in 1873.
    4. Ethel Maude Hughes was born in 1876.
    5. Georgiana Hughes was born in 1878; died in 1878.


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