Alva Isaac Burke^{[1, 2]}

1898 - 1948  (49 years)

• Name	Alva Isaac Burke
  Birth	23 Dec 1898	D' Escousse, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada   [3]
  Christening	24 Dec 1898	St. Hyacinth's Church, D'Escousse, Nova Scotia
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Oct 1948	Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Burial	Medford, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Person ID	I12	The Road to Here
  Last Modified	11 Sep 2024

  
  

  Father	L. Edouard Bourke,   b. 12 Nov 1869, D' Escousse, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada d. 16 Aug 1942, D' Escousse, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Anne McDonald,   b. 28 Jun 1869, D' Escousse, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia Canada d. 1960 (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	6 May 1891	St. Hyacinth's Church, D'Escousse, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Family ID	F117	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Elizabeth Legg,   b. 14 Oct 1901, Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Nov 1984, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	6 Feb 1923	Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts
  Children	1. Edward John Burke,   b. 22 Nov 1924, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 Feb 2018, Brevard, NC (Age 93 years)   2. Mary Burke,   b. 16 Jul 1926, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 11 Sep 2024, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizona (Age 98 years)   3. Dorothy Estelle Burke,   b. 9 Feb 1928, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 1 Oct 2001, Winchester, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 73 years)   4. Lorraine Marjorie Burke,   b. 15 Jul 1933, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts d. 24 Dec 1999, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts (Age 66 years)   5. Helen Burke,   b. 8 Jun 1935, Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts d. 5 Mar 2008, Waltham, Middlesex, Massachusetts (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2026

  
  

• Notes

  Buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford MA. Took a job before WWII building barracks in Europe May have visited Boston as a teenager 13 May 2016- Petition for naturalization and arrival record places his first arrival date at 1 April 1918 into Vanceboro, ME

  
  

• Sources

  [S20] Transcribed Records of St. Hyacinth's Church, D'Escousse, Nova Scotia, (http://users.andara.com/~grose/bapt1895.html). [S42] Mary Burke (Foster), 3 Jun 2008 (Reliability: 0). [S115] 1901 Census of Canada.