Dear Jean R., Thanks foir your advice, I will certainly consult the more accessible Liverpool records. I have several known Burke addresses oin Liverpool. I had hoped the Irish might have a National Index of BMD records from which I might be able to identify an Edward Burke to Bridget Murray marriage, particularly since the outside dates are only seven years apart and the most probable dates are in 1868/9. The Burkes in Liverpool, certainly between November 1891, when their eldest son John married, and April 1901 when the Census took place had a shop in a large building at 161, Richmond Row, in the Scotland District, predominantly Catholic, of Liverpool. In 1891 Edward Burke , Bridget's husband was described as a Clothes dealer, but he apprears to have died before 1901, when his widow described herself as a "Wardrobe dealer". I have no family resources to call upon as this research is on behalf of an old colleague, whose wife is descended from the Burkes, and she does not appear to have any elderly relatives still alive to consult. I had hoped I might make a bridgehead into the Irish connection.However, please keep this data on file and I will come back to you once I have found out any relevant identifying features. There is one, though. Bridget's grandson, son of her son John, was Edward Hazel(or Hazle)wood Burke, and he grew up to be a Schoolmaster in Newcastle on Tyne. Finally on all the records I have, about half a dozen, the surname is consistently spelled Burke. Yours Sincerely, Paul Newbury . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Added Note - Burke family - BURKE/BOURKE > Hi Paul -- On reviewing your note, I see now that it was your John BURKE > married to a Bridget. Check out the BURKE data at these two resources and > also the MURRAY data. Check out BURK and BOURKE spellings, too, see if > anything looks promising. Many records had misspellings or were > illegible, > transcribed incorrectly, etc. It is estimated that approximately 15% of > events were not recorded. Be sure and try to find out more about your > families from the Liverpool records and your living relatives. You can be > pretty sure that there were other Johns and Edwards in your lines. Do you > have the given names of the children in your families, anything > outstanding? > Jean > > Resources for > Griffith's Valuation > http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php > > http://www.irishgenealogy.ie/csi/csi_main.cfm#Counties > > I see now that you were trying to locate a JOHN BURKE with a Bridget > MURRAY. > There were surprisingly many BURKEs who married Bridget's, many in Co. > Sligo - check out #2 above. I didn't see a marriage match, but you can > take > a look and maybe find something useful. Jean > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jean R." <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:26 AM > Subject: Re: [IRELAND] Burke family - BURKE/BOURKE > > > Hi Paul - Your BURKE surname and given names are very common, so would be > difficult to pin down unless you had a middle name. An unusual given name > in the family could be mother's maiden ("nee") name in disguise or some > other surname important to the family. <snip> Dear Listers, >> Can somebody help me find the birth of Bridget Murray born about 1847-8 >> somewhere in Ireland, and record of her Catholic marriage to a John Burke >> in the period 1863-69. She then had two sons also born in Ireland ( John >> born about 1870 and Edward born about about 1872), before emigrated to >> Liverpool sometime between 1872 and 1887. Any help would be greatly >> appreciated. >> Yours Sincerely. >> Paul Newbury > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.25/1018 - Release Date: > 19/09/2007 15:59 >