BURKS, Samuel L. DOB: 12 May 1888 POB: ? DOD: 15 July 1969 Place of death: DeWitt, Arknasas County, Arkansas "came to DeWitt from the north" Samuel Burks' parents are listed as BURKS, Andy and GREEN, Mattie and I am seeking any/all information on them that I can. On December 21, 1920 Sam married, MCGOWAN, Ida Lee DOB: 23 October 1891 DOD: 15 May 1969 Born and raised on a farm 4 miles north of DeWitt, Arkansas Sam and Ida were married by the Justice of the Peace Squire Ray at the Forks LaGrue community and the ceremony took place in a buggy (?) Ida's parents are listed as: MCGOWAN, A. H. (Bunk) who owned and operated (in DeWitt) the general store on the west side of hte court square where the Cash Way was in 1960. HALLER, Emily (no other info) Would appreciate any information anyone has on any of these people - - - they are my grandparents and great grandparents. Thanks ! ! ! [email protected] ==== BURK Mailing List ==== GenForum Websites: http://genforum.genealogy.com/burke/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burkes/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burk/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burks/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/berk/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/birk/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/bourque/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burkey/ =======================================================

For your information here are recent BURKE obit indexes taken from the Rootsweb Daily Obit list. <[email protected]> LAST, First Middle; age; POB>POD; Newspaper; Newspaper date; volunteer tag. BURK, Arvid H; 95; West Mineral KS>Des Moines IA; Des Moines Register; 2/4/01; gcegeland BURK, Bertha Mae WARREN (HARPER); 89; Trimble TN>Sikeston MO; Southeast Missourian; 2/27/01; cannon BURKE, Enice (BARE); 88; Salisbury NC; Salisbury P; 3/4/01; wrabb BURKE, Eugene P Gene; 65; Columbia MO; Columbia D-T; 2/13/01; cfoley BURKE, Eugene P Geno; 65; Columbia MO; Boonville D-N; 2/13/01; fdsmith BURKE, Francis E; 82; Arcadia CA; Pasadena Star N; 2/28/01; jld BURKE, Francis E; 82; Arcadia CA; Pasadena Star N; 3/1/01; jld BURKE, Joseph Edward; 55; San Diego CA; NC Times; 2/28/01; retftrdoc BURKE, Joseph Edward; 55; Quincy MA>Fallbrook CA; Californian; 2/28/01; mts BURKE, Joseph P; 86; Elizabeth NJ>Pottstown PA; Reading Eagle; 3/1/01; ewea BURKE, Lela (FULK); 103; Winston-Salem NC; Winston-Salem J; 3/4/01; wrabb BURKE, Margaret G (KELLY); 79; Bristol RI; Prov Journal; 3/29/00; wgroberge BURKE, Mary; 96; AZ; Tucson Citizen; 3/1/01; suet BURKE, Mary Louise; 96; Chicago Heights IL>AZ; AZStar; 2/27/01; mdgc BURKE, Mary M ; 90; Escondido CA; NC Times; 2/28/01; retftrdoc BURKE, Ruth V ; 82; Traverse City MI; Traverse R-E; 8/4/00; rwfuller

Hi List, Please accept my apology to all that have e-mailed me regarding when their ancestor died or what the cause of death was in the State Hospital - I have no idea. My post was - the 1900 census and these people were living in the State Hospital on the 1900 census. I have no way of knowing when a loved one died, why they were put in this hospital, who committed them - I only found a list of the names and birthdates of people in this institution` on the 1900 census and thought I could help with our research. Ruth in NC

Patrick Burke, a prosperous farmer of Lee County, occupying a comfortable homestead on section 23, Van Buren Township, is a native of Ireland, born in County Mayo in 1831. He was a young man more than bright and ambitious, and in early youth being dissatisfied with his condition and prospects in his native country, resolved to emigrate to America, and at the age of twenty years set sail for Liverpool, and after a prosperous voyage landed in New Orleans, whence he went directly to Ohio. He there became an assistant on a farm, changing from his first location in that state to Warren County, where he remained until the fall of 1856. He then resolved to see the country beyond the Mississippi, and crossing the Father of Waters, came into Iowa and located in Lee County, where he cultivated rented land for the space of eight years. In the meantime he had labored diligently, saved his money, and purchased a tract of land. he was prospered in his undertaking, and added to his first purchase until is now the possessor of 240 acres, and is quite extensively engaged in the breeding of fine stock. The marriage of Patrick Burke and Miss Bridget McDonell took place March 28, 1853. Mrs. Burke is a native of the same country as her husband, and was born in 183. She came to America the same year of her husband's emigration, and located in Warren County, Ohio, with her parents. The later were James and Bridget (Mowry) McDonell, and they departed this life forty years ago. Their household included seven children; Dominick, Mary, Margaret, Anthony, Owen, Job, and Bridget (Mrs. Burke). The parents of our subject were Valentine and Sarah (Duffy) Burke. The father departed this life in 1846, in Ireland, and the Mother in 1870 Ohio. They were the parents of six children; Eulick, David, Mary M., Ann, Patrick, and Peter. After the death of her husband Mrs. Burke was a second time married, to Mr. Welsh, by whom she became the mother of two children; John and Margaret. Mr. and Mrs. Burke have become the parents of seven children, of whom the record is as follows; Mary became the wife of D. Ford: Sarah is the wife of T. Hayes: Valentine married Miss Margaret Hayes: Ann, James, Bridget and Margaret are unmarried. Politically Mr. Burke is an uncompromising Democrat. Religiously he is connected by membership with the Catholic Church of String Prairie. He has held the office of Road Supervisor, and in every respect is worthily fulfilling the obligations of a good citizen. end. ___________________________________________________________________

For your information here are recent BURKE obit indexes taken from the Rootsweb Daily Obit list. <[email protected]> LAST, First Middle; age; POB>POD; Newspaper; Newspaper date; volunteer tag. BURKE, Alexis Marie; 0; Brigantine NJ; ATC Press; 2/22/01; cbentiv BURKE, Eura Lou; 65; Bevinsville KY; Floyd Co T; 2/9/01; jtneed BURKE, Homer Roger; 63; Rapid City SD; Argus Leader; 6/3/99; delitene BURKE, Mabel Ellen ; 92; Little Burch WV>Wildwood FL; Daily Commercial; 2/19/01; jjphethean BURKE, Norman D; 90; Duluth MN>Edmonds WA; Seattle Times; 2/9/01; tmdok BURKE, Norman D; 90; Duluth MN>Edmonds WA; Seattle Times; 2/10/01; tmdok

For your information here are recent BURKE obit indexes taken from the Rootsweb Daily Obit list. <[email protected]> LAST, First Middle; age; POB>POD; Newspaper; Newspaper date; volunteer tag. BURKE, Bertha (BRITTON); ; Richmond VA>Stone Mountain GA; Richmond T-D (VA); 3/1/00; wstyles BURKE, Brondell Baylis; 92; Front Royal VA; WinStar; 1/25/01; casf BURKE, Brondell Baylis; 92; Front Royal VA; N Virginia Daily; 1/25/01; casf BURKE, Claire Aline (BRASSY); 56; Walnut Creek CA; Contra Costa; 2/16/01; gbuteau BURKE, Darl Dean [MATTHEWS][QUESENBERRY]; 60; Midwest City OK; Midwest C-S; 2/15/01; cssun BURKE, Frances Marie (O'HEARN); 79; Halifax NS; Chron-Herald; 2/7/01; kbutler BURKE, Henry; 89; Havana FL; Tallahassee D; 12/15/95; whamo BURKE, Irene M ; 74; Queens NY>Southport CT; Newsday (NY); 4/18/00; rpng BURKE, James Lawrence Larry; 64; Yonkers NY; Belleville I (ON); 3/30/63; rhorslen BURKE, Jerome J Jr; ; West Islip NY; Newsday; 5/13/00; rpng BURKE, John Wilburn; 75; Tallahassee FL; Tallahassee D; 10/25/95; whamo BURKE, Jolesley Elaine; 43; Harrison Co TX; Shreveport Times (LA); 1/16/01; pepper BURKE, Laura E ; ; Chesapeake VA; Norfolk V-P; 2/8/01; kskat BURKE, Mabel Ellen ; 92; Little Branch WV>Wildwood FL; Daily Commercial; 2/18/01; jjphethean BURKE, Maureen Alice [AKRAMOFF]; ; Glenwood Landing NY; Glen Cove RP; 1/26/01; fblfpg BURKE, Michael; ; Boston MA; Irish Examiner (COR IRL); 3/15/00; dja BURKE, Mildred ; 87; Albuquerque NM; Albuquerque J; 2/19/01; clh BURKE, Mildred ; 87; Albuquerque NM; Albuquerque J; 2/20/01; clh BURKE, Myron E Red; 82; Sacramento CA; The Daily Review; 2/15/01; sadie BURKE, Myrtlen S; 66; Frederick MD; Frederick P; 1/31/01; canehls BURKE, Peggy (HESS); 93; Las Cruces NM; Las Cruces S-N; 2/13/01; vdtz BURKE, Rene Eloise ; 53; Oakdale CA; Modesto Bee; 2/17/01; neb BURKE, Richard E; 72; Owens Cross Roads AL; Huntsville Times; 2/17/01; dgrays BURKE, Richard T; 66; Naples FL; Naples D-N; 2/4/01; hmg BURKE, Richard T; 66; Naples FL; Naples D-N; 2/5/01; hmg BURKE, Robert; 80; WA>Stockton CA; Stockton Record; 2/4/01; mar BURKE, Robert James Bob; 62; Cullen LA>Marlborough MA; Shreveport Times (LA); 1/14/01; pepper BURKE, Stanton L; 75; South Barre VT; World; 2/25/98; kimk BURKE, Stephen Claude; 47; Shawnee OK>Monroe WA; Eastside Journal; 1/4/01; eaj BURKE, Thomas J; 87; Clinton IA; Des Plaines DH (IL); 2/23/01; kag BURKE, Vivian Dawn; 36; Albuquerque NM; RoswellDR; 2/20/01; clh BURKE, William Roy; 90; Jonesbourough TN; Floyd Co T (KY); 2/4/01; jtneed BURKE-GAFFNEY, Thomas Edward Ted; 85; Winnipeg MB>Victoria BC; Winnipeg F-P (MB); 2/17/01; smb

Charles, You have my curiosity up. I have a Thomas Burk who was born in either Boone or Woodward County, KY about 1790. I do not have any other info to go back any farther. My Thomas Burk was married to Dorcus Rice and they had 5 children (2 girls & 3 boys)--Marintha (who died young), Emily (m. Enoch Stone), Absolom Graves, Radford (my ggg grandfather), and Ervin. Thomas moved his family from KY to southern IN to the Quincy IL area. Emily remained, while the three brothers moved on: Pittsburg KS, Texas, Portland OR area respectively. I would like to learn more on the Thomas you inquired about--just in case. Thanks, Gaylon L Powell Austin TX ----- Original Message ----- > Names brothers Josiah, Samuel, John and Benjamin and sisters Hanna Peterson > and Betsy Burk. > Anyone familiar with this group. > I am interested because I have a dead end of John Burks Sr in Kentucky who > appears to have a brother named Samuel. They were born around l750 and were > guides and "Longhunters" in the area. John had a military background with > George Rogers Clark at Fort Jefferson as revealed in a deposition and was > there about l780 when the fort was abandoned. There was also a Nicholas Burks > at the fort at the same time. > John had a wife Elizabeth and several children one married a Rev War soldier > named Guy Phelps and another married John McDowell from Kentucky. Another > married a widow of Presley Ross (Matilda Covington Ross). and another had a > couple of illigitimate children :-) > Thanks for any assist > Charles Severs Louisville, Ky > > > ==== BURK Mailing List ==== > REMINDER ! ! ! Messages exceeding 20,000 bytes (20KB) or having HTML or enriched (colored background or fancy fonts, etc.) text will be returned to the sender without being posted. List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]> > ==== BURK Mailing List ==== REMINDER ! ! ! Messages exceeding 20,000 bytes (20KB) or having HTML or enriched (colored background or fancy fonts, etc.) text will be returned to the sender without being posted. List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]>

Names brothers Josiah, Samuel, John and Benjamin and sisters Hanna Peterson and Betsy Burk. Anyone familiar with this group. I am interested because I have a dead end of John Burks Sr in Kentucky who appears to have a brother named Samuel. They were born around l750 and were guides and "Longhunters" in the area. John had a military background with George Rogers Clark at Fort Jefferson as revealed in a deposition and was there about l780 when the fort was abandoned. There was also a Nicholas Burks at the fort at the same time. John had a wife Elizabeth and several children one married a Rev War soldier named Guy Phelps and another married John McDowell from Kentucky. Another married a widow of Presley Ross (Matilda Covington Ross). and another had a couple of illigitimate children :-) Thanks for any assist Charles Severs Louisville, Ky ==== BURK Mailing List ==== REMINDER ! ! ! Messages exceeding 20,000 bytes (20KB) or having HTML or enriched (colored background or fancy fonts, etc.) text will be returned to the sender without being posted. List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]>

Hello List, I have not found my BURKE family in any census for St. Louis. Family story is the Pat BURKE family lived above their tavern on 2nd & Spruce, St Louis in the early 1900's. Grandmother Mary BURKE lived with them. 1 Thomas BURKE b. County Mayo Ireland--d. MO . +Mary BURKE (no relation) .... 2 Patrick E. BURKE 1864 Ireland - 1941 MO ....... +Amelia ABEL 1870 Bovarian, Germany- 1937 MO .......... 3 Michael Burke 1895 - .......... 3 Mamie Burke 1897 - .......... 3 " Kate" Burke 1899 - 1988 ............. +Joseph SCHALLERT1899 - 1978 .......... 3 Patrick E. Burke, Jr. 1902 - ............. +Alva unknown .......... 3 George Burke 1904 - ............. + Marie unknown .......... 3 Morton Burke 1906 - .......... 3 John J. Burke 1907 STL - 1991 St.Louis MO ............. + Marie Sonderman 1911 MO - 1971 CA .......... *2nd Wife of John J. Burke: ............. +Hassie unknown 1910 - .......... 3 Thomas Burke 1909 - about 1913 I found a Pat BURKE that was a bartender 1890 St. Louis, MO. was a border at --623 Pine St. any help is greatly welcomed Mary in AZ :)

Surry Co. NC Wills (DAR Lib) Will of James Burke 4 Nov. 1782. Wife, Lucretia. Children: Mary Murphew, Sarah Wilson, Joseph Burke, Neomi Pepper.. Wife's dau: Lucretia Wilson. Grandson Thomas Burke gets negro girl Hannah when he is 21. Grandau Honora Burke gets negro boy Ned when she is 16 Son-in-law William Brookshire gets 10 # Dau-in-law Mary Burke, and her living children, Josiah Burke, Samuel Burk, Elizabeth Burk, John Burk and Benjamin Burke get 5# Eldest son, James Burke - "I have just cause to deny him or his heirs any part.". Grandau: Sally Oleman. Exr: Samuel Pepper of Botetourt Co., VA & Moses Baker of Surry. Wit: Andrew Speer, John thos. Longino. Prvd by witnesses & rec. Feb.Ct. 17. Probated Feb. 1783. (My personal Note: See "Dr. Kelly's BURKE FAMILY, p 2 & 3. I have copy of that manuscript. Pricia Burk Paulkovich) ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Surname Resource Webpages: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURK/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKS/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKE/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKEY/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOURKE/ ========================================================

Vol. I, p 26 - 1977 - Kentucky GenComRecords, DAR Lib nscriptions on Tombstones in Private Cemetery enclosed with iron post and chain on North side of Hwy 42, East of Carrollton, KY HENRY BURK d. 8-29-1831, age 78 yrs. (Was probably Gallatin Co. at that time) ==== BURK Mailing List ==== GenForum Websites: http://genforum.genealogy.com/burke/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burkes/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burk/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burks/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/berk/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/birk/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/bourque/ http://genforum.genealogy.com/burkey/ =======================================================

Corporation of Winchester, VA. Clerk's office, Winchester, Frederick Col VA. Deed Book 2, p 315, Jan. 29, 1811. Daniel Overaker and susan his wife to ISAAC BURK - $2020 - stone house and lot on Loudoun St. Will Book 1, p. 162 Will of Isaac BURK of the Corporation of Winchester - dated Feb. 1, 1811, proven June 3, 1814. Names wife Sarah to have whole estate, personal and real. She to be sole executrix. Winesses: Jacob Kiger, steward Grantt, Presley Hansbrugh, Nathan Anderson, Executrix's Surety. Marriages: Dec. 4, 1799 - Benjamin Miller to Susannah Bush (Burk?) - Henry Millery, Surety (Typewritten record book; indexed under both Bush and Burk) May 11, 1804 - Osburn Knott - Nancy Burke - Joseph Cooley, Surety. ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Surname Resource Webpages: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURK/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKS/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKE/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKEY/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOURKE/ ========================================================

Posted on: Burk, Burke, Birk ~ Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/surnames/bur/Burk/143 Surname: Burk ------------------------- Dear Laurie, I hope you received my son John's mail. He should prove very helpful. Besides, he is right when he notes that I'm mot very good with names. Such has always been the case. By the way, I go by the family name of Burk! Your info looks great! We hope to hear from you soon. BURK ==== BURK Mailing List ==== NOTICE !!!! RootsWeb prohibits posting test messages, virus warnings, chain letters, political announcements, current events, missing children reports, flames, etc. (in other words - SPAM) to the list. For information on virus hoaxes see <http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm>. =======================================================

Seek information, researchers and descendants of the following BURKE family: Joseph BURKE, b. Mar. 25, 1854 in Pennsylvania, d. Sep. 14, 1943 in Buchanan, (near Fairfield) Jefferson County, Iowa, buried in Fairfield, Iowa Evergreen Cemetery. Joseph owned a farm and was a retired farmer. Joseph married Mary IVORSKI, (Last name may be spelled JWORSKI or JAWORSK) b. Jul. 6, 1867 in Poland; d. Mar. 3, 1934; She was 18 months old when she came to the U.S. with her parents from Poland. They lived in Chicago, Illinois for a short time and then settled in Iowa. Her parents were: John IVORSKI and Constance WEGNER. Constance's parents were: Lucas WEGNER and Mary. 1- Joseph BURKE and Mary IVORSKI (JWORSKI or JAWORSK ?) Had Twelve Children: 2-Frank BURKE, (lived in Fairfield, Iowa in 1934) 2-John BURKE, (lived in Chicago, IL in 1934) 2-Marie BURKE, m. Lou BAKER (lived in Washington, Iowa in 1934) 2-Josephine BURKE, b 1891; d. Oct. 14, 1979 married and moved to Canada; m.___JOYCE 2-Helen BURKE, m. Do GREASON (GREESON) (lived in Newton, Iowa in 1934) 2-Joseph BURKE, Jr., (lived in Des Moines, Iowa in 1934) he married twice 2-James Felix BURKE, b. Nov. 7, 1898 in Iowa, d. about 1970(lived in Georgetown, TN in 1934) ; 2-Eva BURKE, m. Roy HENDRICKS (lived in Fairfield, Iowa in 1934) 2-Clara BURKE, changed name to: Patricia Claire BURKE, m. ____VONBUFHNING, no children 2-Bertha BURKE, m. C. SAMUEL, (lived in Sigourney, Iowa in 1934)(moved to 601 11th Street N.W.; Austin, Minn. 55912) 2-Baby Girl, died very young 2- Baby, died young Any help on this family will be appreciated, Bill Orton 1214 Laurelwood Drive Chattanooga, TN 37412-1920 [email protected] 423-867-1111 ==== BURK Mailing List ==== REMINDER ! ! ! Messages exceeding 20,000 bytes (20KB) will not be processed; in therwords, it will not be sent to the list membership. List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]> =======================================================

Anyone familiar with Samuel, John , or Nicholas Burk(e or s) who were ALL in the VA line Rev war soldiers for 3 years and seem to be brothers. John and Nicholas were at Fort Jefferson with George Rogers Clark but may have been civilians at the time. All got land grants in Kentucky (Fayette and Jefferson County VA at the time as KY had not been formed in l782 when Fort Jeffrerson was abandoned). I would appreciate any information on them. I have considerable on John Burks of Jefferson COunty area of Kentucky Charles Severs [email protected] Louisville, Ky ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Descendants of emigrant, John Burk (1656 - 1699) Middlesex Co., VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/families/burk.html List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]> =======================================================

For your information here are recent BURKE obit indexes taken from the Rootsweb Daily Obit list. <[email protected]> LAST, First Middle; age; POB>POD; Newspaper; Newspaper date; volunteer tag. BURKE, Barney J; 74; Alamance Co NC>Eustis FL; Daily Commercial; 2001-2-8; jjphethean BURKE, Betty L (WOLFE); 69; Savannah GA>Orange City FL; DB N-J; 2001-2-13; rstarce BURKE, David Warner Sr; 55; Waterbury CT; Cheshire Herald; 2000-5-18; ajrgii BURKE, Emmett Harvey; ; ; Dallas M-N (TX); 2001-1-17; kjp BURKE, Emmett Harvey; 77; ; Dallas M-N (TX); 2001-1-18; kjp BURKE, Eugene P Geno; 65; Columbia MO; Dig Mo; 2001-2-14; jkl BURKE, James Zerry Jr Man; 23; Tallahassee FL; Tallahassee D; 1996-2-16; whamo BURKE, John A; 46; Des Moines IA; Des Moines Register; 2000-12-9; gcegeland BURKE, Julie (MERRITT); 65; Port Charlotte FL; Sarasota H-T; 2001-2-11; sarcher BURKE, Mildred A (PATTERSON); 92; Plankinton SD>Bismarck ND; Bismarck Trib; 2001-1-27; ndvivi BURKE, Mildred A (PATTERSON); 92; Plankinton SD>Bismarck ND; Bismarck Trib; 2001-1-28; ndvivi BURKE, Robert B Bob; 81; Salem VA; Roanoke Times; 2001-2-6; retftrdoc BURKE, Vincent Sanders; 80; Buena Park CA; OCR; 2001-2-5; mdn BURKE-GAFFNEY, Thomas Edward Ted; 85; Winnipeg MB>Victoria BC; Victoria T-C; 2001-2-9; zac

Posted on: Burk, Burke, Birk ~ Queries Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/surnames/bur/Burk/142 Surname: Burk, Fenerty, Fitzpatrick, Foerderer, Gill, Lee, Sullivan ------------------------- Hi Laurie! Nice to find your posting on the Web! Yes, I know of your Burk ancestors. My father is Henry Burk Sullivan, a descendent of Henry Burk, Sr. and Henry Burk, Jr., both of Philadelphia. As you may already know, the Burks came to the U.S. in 1854, through the port of Bremerhaven, having originated in Knittlingen, near Pforzheim, in the state of Baden-Wurtem., Germany. Charlotte Reiman (sp.?) was originally from Schorndorf, near Stuttgart, also in the state of Baden-Wurtem., Germany. My father, brother and I visited both villages in the mid- to late-1980s, and my father has a small handful of photos of the village of Knittlingen. While in Knittlingen, my father also obtained a written history of the place, which indicates that other Burk ancestors may have emigrated to the Economy, Pennsylvania area in the early 1800s as part of the so-called "Harmonist" or "Rappite" utopian movement . . . but we have not been able to substantiate that lead on this side of the Atlantic, despite having visited Economy (near Pittsburgh) briefly a few years back. Henry Burk, Sr., together with the Philadelphia industrialist, Robert Foerderer, acquired several patents which revolutionized the commercial tanning of leather, making them millions before the turn of the century. Beginning in c.1900, Henry Burk and Robert Foerderer, who were both native Germans, served concurrently as U.S. Congressmen from Philadelphia and, ironically, died on the same day while still serving in office. The large Henry Burk Brothers leather factory used to sit near 2d & American in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia, but was razed a few years ago, making way for a park where locals now grow vegetables. The Louis Burk meat factory was about one mile away on Girard Avenue, and it was famous for its Philadelphia scrapple and hot dogs (in fact, as you may know, for many Philadelphians during the 1920s/1930s, the Burk name and the hot dog were nearly synonymous). My father (who is about 70 years old) has more information and some photos relating to the Burks and their relatives/ancestors. I asked him if your name rang a bell, and it did not . . . but who knows, he may in fact know you . . . he's not particularly good with names. Please feel free to call me evenings at my home in Haddonfield, NJ (856-429-7225) or daytime at my offices in Philadelphia, PA (215-981-7640), and I'll put you in touch with my father, since he is the closest thing to a Burk genealogist in our immediate family. We look forward to hearing from you. John Sullivan By the way, some of the information on your web site is of interest to us. For example, we had thought that David Burk was buried in Broomall and, in fact, the caretaker at the cemetery in Broomall provided us with (dubious) cemetery research to that effect . . . but there was no gravestone marking his supposed grave. So, I strongly suspect that your burial information may be more accurate . ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Surname Resource Webpages: http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURK/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKS/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKE/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/u/BURKEY/ http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/b/o/BOURKE/ ========================================================

Coonrod BURK (German) - Mary LANCE, dau of Mary Lance (consent)--1787,Apr 19. (also as Cunard Burk) - Teste: John Bowman, Absalom Sprun. John STEELE - Elizabeth Burcke, dau of John Burcke (consent) witness: John Christian; surety John Christian. By Rev Wm. Wilson. 1789, July 4. ==== BURK Mailing List ==== NOTICE !!!! RootsWeb prohibits posting test messages, virus warnings, chain letters, political announcements, current events, missing children reports, flames, etc. (in other words - SPAM) to the list. For information on virus hoaxes see <http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm>. =======================================================

Court Records of Decatur Co., IN 1822-1848, Maurice Holmes, 1980 Complete Record Book B. P. 206. Chancery entry stated that Charles Burks died in Amerst Co, VA in 1817 leaving a will and considerable estate to his eight heirs: Rachel, Samuel, Charles, Jane, Elizabeth, Polly and Lavina who all lived outside of Indiana and Milley, the mother of William Parks, Jr. Milley was wife of Wm. Parks, Sr and her heirs were: Paris and Lavina Aldrich, Joseph and Mary Prior, Allen and Sarah Prior, William Parks, Jr., Nancy and Thomas Chinn, Margaret Long now deceased without issue and John Parks . Millie died while a resident of VA and her husband, William Sr. moved with his children to Dearborn Co., IN where he was appointed guardian of his children. Part of the sum he rec'd as gdn. of his wards was directed to them and some land was purchased in section 8, township 10, range 10 in his own name.The suit was to obtain an equal settlement of this inheritance for some of Milley's Children. Oct. 1830. ==== BURK Mailing List ==== Descendants of emigrant, John Burk (1656 - 1699) Middlesex Co., VA http://www.rootsweb.com/~varussel/families/burk.html List Manager: Jim Young <[email protected]> =======================================================

BURK, Gincey - SIMMONS, Thomas. married by Lewis DeWeese, bond by Ephraim BURK. Bond date: 7 Dec. 1801. Consent by father, GEORGE BURK and mother, JINNEY BURK. Bk A, p. 3 ==== BURK Mailing List ==== NOTICE !!!! RootsWeb prohibits posting test messages, virus warnings, chain letters, political announcements, current events, missing children reports, flames, etc. (in other words - SPAM) to the list. For information on virus hoaxes see <http://www.vmyths.com/hoax.cfm>. =======================================================