Brief Life History of Henry Eugene
When Henry Eugene Bourke was born on 10 May 1895, in Pekay, Mahaska, Iowa, United States, his father, William J Bourke, was 32 and his mother, Avis Amelia Ellis, was 29. He lived in Lusk, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1910 and Sioux, Nebraska, United States in 1920. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 15 August 1984, at the age of 89, and was buried in Evansville, Natrona, Wyoming, United States.
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- Henry E Boarke in household of Avis A Boarke, "United States Census, 1910"
- Henry Eugene Bourke, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Henry Eugene Bourke, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1902
Historical Boundaries - 1902: Natrona, Wyoming, United States
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Dermot, Liam, Murphy.
Irish: variant of Burke .
Americanized form of French Bourg or of its altered form Bourque .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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