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Trying to find Burke

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Sharon

Sharon Report 16 Apr 2004 11:38

I AM TRYING TO FIND DECESDANTS OF MY GRANDMOTHER/FATHER. HIS NAME WAS WILLIAM GEORGE BURKE AND HE HAD A BROTHER CALLED JERRY .HE LIVED SOMEWHERE IN LONDON NEAR EUSTON STATION I THINK AND WORKED ON DEMOLITION SITES FOR MCALPINES IN HIS YOUNGER DAYS. HE MARRIED MY GRANDMOTHER LILIAN AND HAD 3 CHILDREN WILLIAM IVY AND MAUREEN. THEY WERE BOTH BORN AROUND THE EARLY 1900S. LILIAN HAD 5 OR 6 BROTHERS ONE OF WHOM WAS JIM MARRIED TO GRACE WHO HAD A SON ROGER AND A DAUGHTER JANICE BUT NO SISTERS AND SHE TOO LIVED IN LONDON. HER FATHER WAS A VERY VERY LARGE MAN AND HER MOTHER A REAL WEE THING. SHE TOO WAS BROUGHT UP AROUND THE EUSTON STATION AREA AND MADE LEATHER SUITCASES FOR A JEWISH MAN IN HER YOUNGER DAYS.THEY MOVED TO BARNEHURST KENT WHEN THEY MARRIED. MY GRANDFATHER SERVED IN THE ROYAL ENGINEERS DURING THE WAR AND LOST HIS MIDDLE FINGER IN AN ACCIDENT.MY GRANDFATHERS FAMILY ORIGINALLY CAME FROM COUNTY CORK.