John BURKE

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Peter Constantine BURKE (1831 - 1901)	John BURKE + Dorothy HALL

+. Dorothy HALL

Near Relatives of John BURKE
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Self	John BURKE

Spouse/Partner	Dorothy HALL

Son	Peter Constantine BURKE	abt 1831	Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland	1901	Oxley, Victoria, Australia	70

Daughter in Law	Isabella ROSS	abt 1831	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1909	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia	78

Granddaughter	Dora Emma BURKE	1866	Beechworth, Victoria, Australia	1957	Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia	91

Events in John BURKE's life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
abt 1831		Birth of son Peter Constantine BURKE	Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland	marriage reg and obit
1851		Census	1 Court, Hunter st, Liverpool, Lancashire, England	Note 1	67
1901		Death of son Peter Constantine BURKE (aged 70)	Oxley, Victoria, Australia	Note 2	52, 60

Note 1: BURKE
John (42) - c 1809, Kildare, Ireland - musician
Dorothy (40) - c1811 Monaghan, Ireland
P C (19) - c1832, Monaghan, Ireland - musician

Note 2: Peter Constantine Burke
in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985
Name: Peter Constantine Burke
Birth Year: abt 1832
Age: 69
Death Place: Oxley, Victoria
Father's name: Burke
Mother's name: Dora Hall
Registration Year: 1901
Registration Place: Victoria
Registration Number: 3234

The Argus (Melbourne) 25 March 1901
BURKE.—On the 18th March, at the residence of
his daughter, Laceby, near Wangaratta, Peter
Constantine Burke, of Killawarra, late of Beech-
worth (of Bright's disease), only son of the
late John Burke, A.R.A.M. , professor of music,
Drogheda, Ireland, beloved husband of Isabella
Burke, aged 69. A colonist of 48 years.

Ovens and Murray Advertiser (Beechworth) 23 March 1901
DEATH OF SIR. P. C. BURKE.
We are indebted to an intimate friend
of the late Sir. Peter C. Burke for the
following particulars of his career in this
colony, which will be of interest to his
numerous friends who were acquainted
with him in the earlier years of Beech
worth : —Peter Constantino Burke, born
at Carrickmacross, Managhan, Ireland.
He was the only issue of the late John
Burke, professor of music, Drogheda,
Ireland. He received a good musical
education, and, as well as being master
of the cornet, was no mean performer on
several other instruments. He came out to
Australia in 1853 in the ship Marco Polo,
Capt Forbes, - leaving Harry Hawkes, of the
Coldstream Guards — his former pupil—
to obtain the position of musician in
ordinary to the Queen, a post which
would undoubtedly have been his had he
remained in England. After landing in
Melbourne he followed his profession for
a short time, receiving 15 guineas per
night for the rendering of such solos as
"Scenes that are brightest" and " All is
lost," etc. In 1853 he was associated
with Herr Plock, and although holding a
good position in Melbourne, he got the
gold fever and left for Maryborough,
where, although he followed gold mining,
he was musically associated with Herr
Schott and Mr Samuel Chapman, He
visited several gold rushes in the Ballarat
district, and later on settled in Beech
worth. Here, too, for a time he followed
the occupation of gold mining, and he
was associated in music with the late
Herr Schmitt. Finally he abandoned
mining, and followed the occupation of a
pianoforte tuner. He was well-known
all over the Riverina and Upper Murray,
where he visited most of the stations
periodically in his capacity as tuner, and
where he was always welcomed, not only
for his genial disposition, but also for the
pleasure afforded by his musical ability.
Of late years he never played profession
ally, but was always ready when requested
to give his services gratuitously for charity.
He had very few pupils, because unless
they showed signs of unusual ability he
soon gave them up. Mr. Charles Roe,
formerly leading cornet at the Bijou
Theatre, Melbourne, was one of them,
and Mr. Harry Hawkes, of Rievere and
Hawkes, London, was another. The late
Mr. Burke was the first to recognise the
ability of the late Charles Edward Hors-
ley, and his judgment was proved correct
when the latter was engaged. to compose
the cantata for the opening of the Mel
bourne Town Hall In 1853 he was
married to Miss Isabella Ross, the only
daughter of the Late Matthew Ross,, of
Glasgow, at St. Peter's,. Eastern Hill
Melbourne, by the late Canon H. P.
Handfield. He leaves a widow and grown
up family to mourn their loss— Peter C
Burke, of Boweya ; J. Wallace Burke, of
Zeehan, Tasmania ; Mrs. J. Campbell-
Fergusson, of South Yarra; Mrs. E. J
Goode, of Thoona ; and Mary Burke, all
married with the exception of the latter.
He was a member of the Masonic frater
nity (Ionic Lodge, Tungamah) ; also of
the Order of Foresters. A few years ago
he left Beechworth . to reside at Killa-
warra, near Wangaratta, but continued
his periodical trips to the Murray and
Riverina.' About five weeks ago he re
turned to Wangaratta, being unable to
finish his Upper Murray trip, on which he
had started. He was a man of robust
constitution and fine physique, and every
one was surprised when Drs. Henderson
and McCardel pronounced his case hope
less. He had Bright's disease in a very
advanced stage, complicated with heart
weakness. He was tended in his last
illness by his wife and daughter Mary,
and passed peacefully away in his sleep
on Monday morning, 18th inst. His re
mains were interred in the Wangaratta
Cemetery, the Rev. J. K. Hall officiating
at the grave.

Personal Notes:

from marriage reg of son Peter

Source References:

67. Type: Census, Abbr: UK Census Collection, Title: UK Census Collection, Auth: Ancestry.com.au, Publ: Ancestry.com.au

- Reference = 1851 (Census)

- Notes: BURKE
John (42) - c 1809, Kildare, Ireland - musician
Dorothy (40) - c1811 Monaghan, Ireland
P C (19) - c1832, Monaghan, Ireland - musician

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