Awh thank you!
Well his father was also James Burke! He was a labourer. I don't know any more about him at this stage.
His mother was called Catherine Byrne. Her DOB is 14/02/1867 and DOD was 22/02/1950. She was also known as Kate.
The James Burke I'm looking for was born on 10/11/1899. He was in the Royal Naval Reserves from 20/03/18 for a few years.
He the joined the Irish Freestate Army on 14/09/1922.
He married Elizabeth Hayden on 5th June 1923. At this stage James lived in Killeigh, Avoca, Co.Wicklow.
A few years later he had a son John, and then a son James in 1931. As far as I'm aware is that he was involved in the 2nd world war as my grandad said he had some medals but unfortunately they were stolen some years ago. He was then working as a furnace operator in a metal foundry (Fry's Metal Foundry I think) in London until his death on 12/10/1963 in Tooting London at 64 years old.
That's as much info as I have! Hopefully I will find more soon
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