Patty, I know we wrote before but this seems too much of a coincidence. I have a William J Burke (b. about 1850) in my line who was married to either Cecilia or Ella (could be a nickname). He was the first burgess of Winton when it was incorporated in 1877. In later years he was a Lackawanna County Commissioner. The name of his children were: Agnes, Francis, Minnie, Edmund, William and Alexander. Do you think there is a connection? My sources said that he lived on Madison Ave in Scranton. His parent's names were Peter and Bridget Burke. Peggy ----- Original Message ----- From: <PFinnis@aol.com> To: <PALACKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: [PA-LAC] Re: Thanks > Listers: > Thanks for all the help I received in my question as to what a burgess was. > I do know that my William J. Burke was a postmaster in Minooka, could that be > considered an elected official or official office. > Patti in NJ (PFinnis@aol.com) > Searching WALSH, BURKE, LAVELLE, KAVANAUGH, GALLAGHER, HOGAN AND SCANLON and > JUDGE > SCRANTON/MINOOKA, PA (maternal) > also FOX/O'SHAUGHNESSY (Newark, NJ) (paternal) > and FINNIS (New York, NY) and CALLERY (Brooklyn, NY) husbands side > > > ==== PALACKAW Mailing List ==== > Subscribers -- Off topic postings (particularly political, advertising, or just plain rude) > AND responses on the list are grounds for being Unsubscribed > Please forward any offending email to <mailto:pieroth@ix.netcom.com> > To unsubscribe: http://www.rootsweb.com/~palackaw/index.html#MailingList > > >