Burke/Burk/Bourke/Bourk

[amaddaleni]

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.

[hallmark]

You have the Irish Govt website

https://churchrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/

If you just enter Surname and Year range and hit Search, you can then select Cork from results.

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you get the likes of example below..

[Jang]

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.

[amaddaleni]

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!

[amaddaleni]

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.

[snickolet]

Hello!

I also descend from this Edmund Burke/Burk/Bourke/Bourk

I have the book you are talking about I think?  My uncle put it together.

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[Paul G Kelly]

Good Day
I am also a descendent of his, my Grandmother on my fathers side was a James from Brigus.
I was given a copy of the Burk family tree that was compiled by a Burk, it is quite accurate and when I received it it was up to date till 1990 ish as my son was listed under my name. Find attached some information I found that will correct his date if birth and death.

http://ngb.chebucto.org/Wills/burke-edmund-1-589.shtml

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/179398382/edmund-burk