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Cork / Re: Burke/Burk/Bourke/Bourk
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 10:17 GMT (UK)  »
Quote from: Jang on Wednesday 12 February 20 07:31 GMT (UK)
Do you know the names of his brothers? Online trees give Edmund's children as James, Edmund and William, which suggests his father's name might be James.

There is a burial for a Captain James Burke, age 71 (so born can 1778) from Kilbrogan on 12 August 1843 in Ballymodan, Cork - possibly Edmund's brother?

A marriage for possible parents - James Burke and Elizabeth Manning 1773 Cork.


I do not currently know the names of his brothers. There is a book that exists that chronicles the history of the Burkes from Ireland, to Newfoundland (and then beyond). I've tracked down library that has copies... 950 miles away in Canada. Currently working on seeing if I can get it through open library but not sure if it'll work out, unfortunately.

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Wexford / Re: SCOTT, (poss. relation to Sir Walter Scott...)
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 10:00 GMT (UK)  »
Oh lord...that other post was me  :-X

I'm a noob here and wasn't sure if it was worth posting this separately. I'll refrain from doing so in the future. Thanks anyways!

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Cork / Re: Burke/Burk/Bourke/Bourk
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 09:56 GMT (UK)  »
In response to both of the above-

First of all, thank you!

Second of all, I have found plenty of records for people that could be who I'm looking for but I'm never sure of whether or not it's the person I'm looking for. Especially when the same names are used over and over again. I know that when you start looking this far back, sometimes you have to be a bit more clever in finding the clues that help make that connection (and still may never find anything concrete)...so any tips for doing so? I'm relatively new to genealogy and while I'm really good at the science part (the research), I'm still learning the art of the work so any pro-tips you've learned along the way would be so valuable to me!

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Wexford / Re: SCOTT, (poss. relation to Sir Walter Scott...)
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 09:49 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you!

I usually am good about doing my due researching on a site to see if what I'm looking for has already been discussed elsewhere...but I'm new here and the site is a bit overwhelming (in the best way) at first so I was having trouble finding much. I'll go check that out now!

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Wexford / SCOTT, (poss. relation to Sir Walter Scott...)
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 03:41 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there-

I'm trying to find anything that could help me locate my ancestor Philip Scott.

What I know is that he was from "Tintern Parish, Co. Wexford" and emigrated to Newfoundland sometime before 1810, as he married that year in Newfoundland. I don't have much other information on him before he ended up in Canada so I know this is a long shot...but at direction or tips, tricks, hints would be amazing!

Thank you!

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Cork / Burke/Burk/Bourke/Bourk
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 03:35 GMT (UK)  »
Hi there!

Does anyone have any solid leads, info or sources for Burkes (variants ok!), ideally an "Edmund" born around 1775 in Cork who ended up in Newfoundland? I know records that far back are few and far between but anything that might connect to this person would be great. .

He is my 5x ggrandfather and the info I have is that he was a "native of cork", b. 1775 who "fled the 1798 rebellion with his brothers" and ended up in Newfoundland, likely Brigus. He married and had children in Newfoundland and then died there in May 1848. I have a lot of info for what happened in Newfoundland, but nothing that came before it.

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The Common Room / Re: RootsChat noob hoping this is the best place to start...
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 03:07 GMT (UK)  »
Hi friend! I'm right outside Boston (Malden) but I know Lexington fairly well believe it or not! Beautiful part of the state and I always wished I lived closer to Wilson's farm...

So I've actually had a decent amount of success in my Canadian research...but I think that's mostly due to where my ancestors set up shop. From what I can tell, Newfoundlanders are supremely tribal and they (rightfully) take a lot of pride in their lineages on "the rock". Genealogy is a pretty big deal there and the the information is there if you're willing to dig through it.

My problem is what happened before they got to Canada...admittedly, at this point were talking about the late 1700s and records tend to get pretty thin by that point.

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The Common Room / RootsChat noob researching BURKE & SCOTT...
« on: Wednesday 12 February 20 02:20 GMT (UK)  »
Hi everyone,

As noted, I'm new here; I hope this is the appropriate place to post this query! I've hit a wall that I'm really struggling to even get a brick out of and the possibilities of where I could search, especially considering the commonality of the name I'm searching, has me truly overwhelmed beyond any other point in this quest. And this wonderful site has so much info, I don't even know where to start.

I was hoping someone here might be able to point me in a good direction of where I can pick up the search again. Even if it's not info related to the specific queries I mention below...anything- tips, tricks, ideas, advice on where might be a good place to look next would be so amazing. Even general history information about the locations in question that might provide a clue would be so great.

All of the info, people, connections, etc I mention below are confirmed by records that I've found and pieced together. I won't give too many specifics on the front end of this history as the wall, per usual, is found at the back and I don't want to overload with non-pertinent info.

I live in Boston, Massachusetts and I'm the 3rd generation to be born here (and in America, in general) on the side I'm researching. My g-grandmother and g-grandfather moved here in 1911 and 1914, respectively, from Newfoundland, where they were born in the mid 1890s. After a lot of research (that is still ongoing), I was very fortunate to be able to trace multiple branches of this tree in Newfoundland, all the way back to the late 1700s, to two sets of 5x g-grandparents. And here is where the wall slams down in my face. Theses are the relatives in question:

Edmund Burke (1775-1848)
- "native of County Cork"
- Published research states he fled Ireland during the 1798 rebellion
- Buried in Brigus, Newfoundland
- m. Sarah Elms (or Elmes) of Bay Roberts in Newfoundland, though I'm still working on that date .

Philip Scott
- From "Tintern Parish, Co. Wexford"
- M. Sarah Mulcahy of Bay Bulls 29 Oct 1910
- Interesting note for this query: it the obit of his granddaughter (my 3x ggmother), it states that, through this line there was a "close connection to Sir Walter Scott". I have yet to find anything that proves this and have all but decided it was just an old family tall tale...still, would be pretty neat if it were true.

So, that's the bare bones of it. Again, I'm happy to give any more info if anyone wants it...I just feel like things can get really confusing really fast when too much info is given in written format. But it's this point where I'm stuck. I went from hunting down specific details that fine tune the stories of family members to the place I'm at now...where I'm searching records on two extremely common names and can narrow the location down to "All of western Canada and Western Europe...maybe?".

The earliest records for any of the above is marriage records- so anything that could help me determine birth, e/immigration, etc. would be stellar.

Thanks in advance for anything you can give me or even just for reading all this. I haven't been here long but you all seem wonderful.

Best,
Amanda





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