Thomas Burke

1856 - 1941  (85 years)

• Name	Thomas Burke
  Nickname	Tommy
  Born	20 Feb 1856	March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Religion	Roman Catholic
  Confirmation	1876	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [1]
  	List of those "Confirmed in March Church 1876:" Thomas Burke
  Address	1884	South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario   [2]
  	Con 4, Lot 8: Burk, Thos., f.s. [farmer's son], S. March; Burk, Patrick, S. March
  Died	4 Sep 1941	Fitzroy Harbour, Carleton Co., Ontario
  	Received last rites from Rev. E.F. Bambrick, p.p. St. Michael's, Fitzroy Harbour [1]
  Burial Witnesses	6 Sep 1941
  	Dan O'Neill, Dom. [Dominic] Stanton, Ant. Scissons, Jos. Scissons "and many others"
  Buried	6 Sep 1941	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [1]
  Association	Margaret Hilda Lahey (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Association	Hannah O'Malley (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Margaret Hilda Lahey (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Michael Dominic Stanton (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Daniel William O'Neill (Relationship: Burial witness)
  Association	Thomas Henry Clifford Lahey (Relationship: Confirmation sponsor)
  Association	Family: Thomas Alexander Lahey / Anne Hicks (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Margaret Jane Killeen (Relationship: Death informant)
  Notes	Dad remembered Thomas Burke from when he was said to be "doty" (i.e., in his dotage), and recounted a story (which he might have got from Mildred Stanton?) of Tommy Burke arguing with another farmer about the sale of a horse or something, just outside of St. Isidore's on their way into Mass. Apparently the two men kept bargaining as they walked into the church, and then Tommy dipped his fingers into the holy water and said, even as he was crossing himself, "Fifty dollars is my final offer, and not a goddamn cent more!"
  Person ID	I680	Moran
  Last Modified	8 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Patrick Burke,   b. About 1822, Ireland ,   d. 18 Apr 1897, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age ~ 75 years)
  Mother	Bridget Gallagher,   b. About 1827, Co. Donegal, Ireland ,   d. 27 Mar 1890  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Married	16 Jan 1844	Notre Dame Bytown
  Association	Sarah Gallagher (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Family ID	F247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Ann Lahey,   b. 5 Jul 1862, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Oct 1940, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1891	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [1]
  Witnesses	James Burke and Bridget Killeen
  Association	Bridget Loreto Killeen (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Margaret Devine (Relationship: Home Child)
  Children	1. Mildred Estella Burke,   b. 27 Jul 1893,   d. 1 Apr 1994, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 100 years)   2. Mary Margaret Elvira Burke,   b. 2 Sep 1902, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 19 May 1997, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age 94 years)
  Marriage		Marriage notice for Thomas Burke and Mary Ann Lahey United Canada, 7 November 1891. Almost certainly copied from another newspaper, given the dates. Note: United Canada was a Catholic weekly published in Ottawa from about 1888 to 1901
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2023
  Family ID	F201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Obituary

  Obituary for Thomas Burke The Ottawa Citizen, 4 September 1941

  
  

• Sources

  [S89] St. Isidore. [S311] Counties of Carleton, Lanark, Prescott, Russell and Ottawa Directory, 1884 , (John Lovell & Son), p. 56.