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Personal data `Captain` John Burke 

Source 1Sources 2, 3

Household of `Captain` John Burke

He is married to Alicia 'Alice' Swords.

They got married on October 1, 1863 at Brisbane , Queensland, Australia, he was 21 years old.Source 3


Child(ren):

  2. Alice Ann Burke  1868-1870
  3. John Edward Burke  1871-1947 
  5. James Burke  1874-1886
  6. Peter Patrick Burke  1877-1963 
  9. Alice Ann Burke  1884-1973

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Sources

  1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees
    http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=12381437&pid=2417
    / Ancestry.com.au
  2. Australia Death Index, 1787-1985, Ancestry.com
    Death date: 1919 Death place: Queensland
    / Ancestry.com.au
  3. Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1949, Ancestry.com
    Marriage date: 1 Oct 1863 Marriage place: Queensland
    / Ancestry.com.au

Historical events

Day of marriage October 1, 1863

  • The temperature on October 1, 1863 was about 13.1 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 3.5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south east. The airpressure was 75 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 88%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 1, 1862 to February 10, 1866 the cabinet Thorbecke II, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1863: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • January 11 » American Civil War: Battle of Arkansas Post: General John McClernand and Admiral David Dixon Porter capture the Arkansas River for the Union.
    • April 17 » American Civil War: Grierson's Raid begins: Troops under Union Army Colonel Benjamin Grierson attack central Mississippi.
    • June 14 » Second Assault on the Confederate works at the Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War.
    • July 9 » American Civil War: The Siege of Port Hudson ends, giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River.
    • September 19 » American Civil War: The first day of the Battle of Chickamauga, in northwestern Georgia, the bloodiest two-day battle of the conflict, and the only significant Confederate victory in the war's Western Theater.
    • October 30 » Danish Prince Vilhelm arrives in Athens to assume his throne as George I, King of the Hellenes.

Day of death June 3, 1919

  • The temperature on June 3, 1919 was between 5.5 °C and 14.7 °C and averaged 9.9 °C. There was 1.8 mm of rain. There was 4.1 hours of sunshine (25%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1919: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.7 million citizens.
    • January 22 » Act Zluky is signed, unifying the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian National Republic.
    • May 1 » German troops enter Munich to suppress the Bavarian Soviet Republic.
    • May 4 » May Fourth Movement: Student demonstrations take place in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, protesting the Treaty of Versailles, which transferred Chinese territory to Japan.
    • June 21 » Admiral Ludwig von Reuter scuttles the German fleet at Scapa Flow, Orkney. The nine sailors killed are the last casualties of World War I.
    • July 13 » The British airship R34 lands in Norfolk, England, completing the first airship return journey across the Atlantic in 182 hours of flight.
    • December 1 » Lady Astor becomes the first female Member of Parliament to take her seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. (She had been elected to that position on November 28.)


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