I don't know who was father to my Hugh Burke but he was supposedly born in Scotland (this was on my greatgrandmother's birth certificate but the info came from my grandfather who didn't keep up with such things. He messed up his own children's' birth certificates by not being sure what their names were, which was not discovered until they decided to apply for SS numbers in their middle adulthoods) He was born about 1830 (calculated by when he was married and started having children). This 1830 year born Hugh Burke probably had siblings but I have no clues yet as to who they might be. He married Christina Margaret Livingston(e) in Scioto County, Ohio and lived there awhile before disappearing for a few decades, then he appears in East Texas in his old age, where he died. I don't know where he went from 1860 until the 1900s but his daughter went to the Dakotas with her husband, where she had my grandfather, then to Mississippi, then to Texas. He's being very elusive. He named children Christina A., Hugh, William, John L., Duncan C., Frank, Robert and Charlie Stuart. Hugh, John, and Duncan are also prominent in the Livingston(e) family so they may have filtered over from his wife's side. But so often back then, the first born son was named after the paternal grandfather if they were so prone to name children after relatives. janet ariciu wrote: > I have Hugh b 1799 m'd Margaret Huffman in VA. Some their children born in > VA and the others in Blount Co TN. Hugh SR and Hugh Jr and most to the > family move to GA. Hugh SR had son name Joseph H Burk that was my > gggreatgrandfather. > here is my web page www.geocities.com/janet_ariciu > > my new email is [email protected] > I am not sure that my email has chance on this yet > janet > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Alsobrook <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2001 12:13 AM > Subject: Re: [BURKE] John Burke, b. ca 1830 > > > The fact that you are named Hugh caught my attention. > > > > I have a Hugh Burke born about 1830-1833 who named a son John. John was > born in > > Ohio and in turn named a son Hugh. The names Hugh and John are prominent > in this > > family. I have always wondered if maybe Hugh didn't have a brother John. > I also > > think maybe he had one named Charles since Charles shows up a lot in the > family. > > > > > > > > Hugh Casement wrote: > > > > > My GGGmother had a cousin John Burke "of Dublin", born circa 1830 at a > guess, > > > who on 1860 June 13 m. Laura, dau. of Capt. Watson of the US Navy. He > was > > > "living in America" in 1878, but that's all we know. > > > > > > Anyone have any bright ideas how I could find out more? There must have > been > > > quite a few Watsons in the USN, and John Burke isn't exactly an unusual > name. > > > Big place, America! I'm grateful for any leads. > > > > > > Hugh > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Rosalyn Alsobrook > > [email protected] > > http://home.earthlink.net/~ralsobrook/ > > > > > > -- Rosalyn Alsobrook [email protected] http://home.earthlink.net/~ralsobrook/