John Lewis Burke was born on 8 April 1858, in Cornwallis Township, Kings, Nova Scotia, British North America. He married Nellie Emma Chase on 31 October 1885, in Bethel, Oxford, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Mexico, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States in 1930. He died on 27 July 1936, at the age of 78, and was buried in Upton, Oxford, Maine, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1860: Oxford, Maine, United States
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Siobhan, Aileen, Brennan, Brigid, Donovan, Liam, Murphy, Ulick, Aidan, Dermot.
English and Irish (of Anglo-Norman origin): habitational name from Burgh (Castle) in Suffolk, England. Burk represents an Anglo-Norman pronunciation of Old English burg, Middle English burgh ‘fortification’ (see Burgh ).
German: variant of Burk .
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