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1858 - Abt 1942 (83 years)
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Name |
Richard Joseph Burke |
Suffix |
Jr. |
Born |
6 Jul 1858 |
Picton, Ontario, Canada |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
Abt 1942 |
Des Moines, Boone County, Iowa, U.S.A. |
Notes |
Richard Burke left Canada at an early age. Two of his daughters, Helen Vernon and Laura Lynch, referred to him as the black sheep of the Burke family. He was a travelling salesman of women's ready to wear clothing. Home for him and his family was Emporia, Kansas then Oskaloosa, Iowa. He was a well dressed, handsome man, but he became a severe alcoholic who became abusive and out of control when he was drunk. Eventually, his drinking and resulting behavior became so bad that his wife, Winifred, divorced him which was considered to be a drastic step in those days. He never remarried and never took another drink of alcohol the rest of his life. but he never got his family back. During his years in Des Moines, Iowa, after his divorce, he was the three cushion billiard champion of the State of Iowa. When the great world champion, Willie Hoppe, would come to Iowa on tour, he would always play Richard Burke in an exhibition match. One of his sons-in-law, Don Vernon, witnessed one of these matches at the Mission Billiard Parlor in Des Moines, Iowa.
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Person ID |
I98 |
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Last Modified |
15 Mar 2023 |
Father |
Richard Burke, b. Abt 1818, County Cork, Ireland , d. 2 May 1890, Picton, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 72 years) |
Mother |
Ellen Hennessey, b. Abt 1827, County Cork, Ireland , d. 14 Jul 1908, Picton, Ontario, Canada (Age ~ 81 years) |
Married |
Ireland |
Family ID |
F042 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Laura Winifred Fountain, b. 30 Dec 1864, Eden, Ohio , d. 17 Jan 1952, Des Moines, Boone County, Iowa, U.S.A. (Age 87 years) |
Married |
3 Jan 1888 |
Children |
+ | 1. Thomas Harold Burke, b. 7 Jan 1889, Emporia, Kansas , d. 5 Sep 1929 (Age 40 years) |
+ | 2. Helen Jean Burke, b. 25 Jun 1891, Emporia, Kansas , d. 22 Sep 1976, Los Altos, California (Age 85 years) |
| 3. Laura Burke, b. 6 Oct 1893, Emporia, Kansas , d. 13 Nov 1982, Los Altos, California (Age 89 years) |
+ | 4. Bess Evelyn Burke, b. 7 Jun 1896, Oskaloosa, Iowa , d. Abt 1980, NEAR, Kansas City, Johnson County, Missouri, USA (Age 83 years) |
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Family ID |
F036 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 6 Jul 1858 - Picton, Ontario, Canada |
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| Died - Abt 1942 - Des Moines, Boone County, Iowa, U.S.A. |
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