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]> =======================================================