Grace M, Richard Burke, Francis Burke McMurdo were the children of
Mary Ellen Burke ( 1871 - 1944 ), the daughter of
Patrick Burke (1836 1917) the son of
Thomas Burke of County Galway, Ireland
Below are links relating to the ancestors of Mary Ellen Burke, the mother of Grace McMurdo, Richard Burke McMurdo and Francis Burke McMurdo.
The Burkes and Banahans and their kin the Kilduffs (Duffeys), originally from counties Galway and Roscommon in Ireland, lived in the area near Boston before coming west and settling in Tuolumne County of California. Also included are links to the Burkes and Reeses of Reno and Virginia City, Nevada, who were close cousins of our Burke family.
The Burkes and Banahans of the Old Mother Lode of California. Information about the Burke family from Sonora, Tuolumne County, and other communities.
Incomplete Timeline of the Lives of Patrick Burke and Katie Banahan Burke
Margaret Mulvey Kilduff was the grandmother of Katie Banahan Burke. She was born in Ireland in 1798, and died in Sonora in 1877. She would be the earliest generation of our family to live in California.
Margaret Mulvey Kilduff
Mary Theresa Kilduff (who married George Banahan and later Mike Mellyn)
Katherine Cecilia Banahan (Katie or Kitty Banahan who married Patrick Burke)
Mary Ellen Burke (who married John McMurdo), Margaret ("Dant"), George, Bartholomew, and Theresa Burke (note that these children all shared the names of Banahan or Kilduff family members. (Also, Ellen is the name of Patrick Burke's first wife, Ellen Kineen Burke, who died about 1861 or '62). Bart may have been named after Patrick Burke's brother, Bart Burke, who settled in Virginia City, Nevada, and who was the mayor of the town and a county supervisor there.
Grace, Richard Burke and Francis Burke McMurdo
Burke, Mary, Kathleen, Tim, Kevin, and Brian McMurdo
This is a link showing the headstone of Margaret Mulvey Kilduff, who is buried in the Burke family plot in Sonora, California. Note at the bottom of the headstone that it was erected by "P. Burk".