The couple had 8 children: BURKE Edward,
BURKE John, BURKE Caroline Ellen, BURKE William, BURKE Elizabeth Ann 'Annie', BURKE Thomas, BURKE Robert, BURKE Henry.
Edward Burke (b 1840 Sutton Forest, son of Edward Burke and Elizabeth Pedon) married 31 March 1866, at Mount Cooper to Annie Herberger (b 1849 Adelaide, SA daughter of Charles Herberger and Wilhelmina Kutcher who arrived in Adeladie aboard the Heloise 1847).
The couple had the below children, a few of which died very young.
BURKE Edward Charles, BURKE Sidney Joseph, BURKE Arthur Edward, BURKE Pearl Adelaide Victoria, BURKE George Arthur William, BURKE Jane Augusta, BURKE Ada Mary Augusta, BURKE Mabel Selina Annie, BURKE Loettia Ellen Mary (Nellie), BURKE John Augustus, BURKE Minnie Victoria, BURKE Walter Henry, BURKE Daisy Pearl, BURKE Percy.
Arthur Edward Burke (son of Edward Burke and Annie Herberger b 1868 at Cathcart, NSW) married 19 Sept 1888 at the Bombala Parish to Maria Jane Kirby (daughter of John Kirby and Lydia Fell)
The below children were born to Arthur and Maria:
BURKE Arthur Edwin Adolfus Theodore (known as Ted), BURKE George Henry, BURKE Clarence Reginald, BURKE Alice Mary Gwendoline, BURKE Victor Gordon Alexander.
Clarence Reginald Burke (son of Arthur Edward Burke and Maria Jane Kirby b 28 Feb 1895 at Cathcart, NSW) went to WW1, Clarence was injured in the war and was nursed by a lady Rebecca Betty Thomas, Clarence married Rebecca on the 2 March 1918 in Bristol, before he returned to Australia via a hospital ship, Rebecca continued on the following year.
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Montgomery Park Homestead
Info on land: 50 acres, 2 km long and 175m wide, built in 1885 for Montgomery and later owned by Clarence Burke, the Lehmanns bought the land in 1954 and sold it to Mr Rutherford about 1997, at one time it was the second largest mill on the Monaro, this photo was about 1913. The home was moved to Cooma. |
Upon his return Clarence purchased the Montogomery Park property and sawmills in 1919. Montgomery Park was established in the early 1900's by an American named Monty Montgomery who came to Australia with plenty of money and established a very large sawmill, and also building what was described as a magnificent home, this property was situated beside the New Line Rd.
In 1927 Clarence opened a Timber Yard at Braidwood Rd, Goulburn. Timber was transported from Nimmitabel to the Goulburn Yards, via a private track. This timber yards were closed in 1930, Clarence continued to cut timber at "Big Bog" Nimmitabel.
Clarence remained in the timber business until 1938, he loved the outdoors, after this the family moved to Cooma, where Clarence gained a position at the local power station as "Shift Engineer". In 1948 he left this position to go into the Garage Business - "Burke and Churchill" (now the Woolworths Service Station in Cooma).
This is the story of where my great grandfather originated from, Clarence and his wife Rebecca (or Betty as she preferred) are buried alongside each other in the Cooma Cemetery.
Submitted by Michelle Edwards <shellmarked-at-bigpond.com>
Anybody recognise this?
Descendants of Edward Burke
Submitted by David Smith
Recompiled from the new Monaro Pioneers database by Ian Harvey: 1.05.08
with some additional information supplied
by:
Eric Bond [ericbond1-at-hotmail.com] 2.06.11
Descendants Report
Monaro
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