Catherine Ethel Hughes

Brief Life History of Catherine Ethel

When Catherine Ethel Hughes was born on 29 August 1880, in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Henry James Hughes, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Mary Bourke, was 30. She married Edward Frederick Burke on 2 April 1902, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 26 March 1952, in Haberfield, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 71.

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Family Time Line

Edward Frederick Burke
1874–1960
Catherine Ethel Hughes
1880–1952
Marriage: 2 April 1902
Elizabeth Mary Lilian Burke
1903–1944
Henry Edward Burke
1906–1975
Joseph Sidney Burke
1908–1973
Dorothy Burke
1911–1911
Noeleen Patricia Burke
1918–1996

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    World Events (7)

    1892

    Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

    1901

    First Federal election.

    1901

    The Australian flag flown for the first time.

    Name Meaning

    English and Welsh: variant of Hugh with genitival or excrescent -s.

    Irish and Scottish: adopted as an equivalent of Gaelic surnames based on the personal name Aodh ‘fire’, for example Ó hAodha, Mac Aodha; see McCoy and compare McHugh .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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