Burke Coat of Arms / Burke Family Crest
Burke Family Crest / Burke Coat of Arms
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Origin Displayed: Irish
Where did the Irish bURKE family come from? What is the Irish coat of arms/family crest? When did the bURKE family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the history of the family name?
Names were simply spelled as they sounded by medieval scribes and church officials. Therefore, during the lifetime of a single person, his name was often spelt in many different ways, explaining the many spelling variations encountered while researching the name bURKE. Some of these variations included: de Burgh, Burke, Bourke, Burk, Bourk, Gillick and many more.
First found in county Galway where they had been granted lands by Strongbow, the Earl of Pembroke, for their assistance in the invasion of Ireland in 1172.
The Irish emigration during the late 18th and 19th century contributed to the melting pot of nationalities in North America, and the building of a whole new era of industry and commerce in what was seen as a rich, new land. Ireland'sGreat Potato Famine resulted in the worst economic and social conditions in the island's history. And in response to the hunger, disease, and poverty, during this decade the total number of emigrants to leave for North America rivaled all the previous years combined. Those from this decade that arrived on North American shores were not warmly welcomed by the established population, but they were vital to the rapid development of the industry, agriculture, and infrastructure of the infant nations of the United States and what would become Canada. Research into early immigration and passenger lists has shown many people bearing the name bURKE: Ann Burk who settled in Virginia in 1647; James and Tobias Burk settled in the Barbados in 1680; with their servants; Elizabeth Burk settled in Maryland in 1774.
Motto Translated: One king, one faith, one law.
Suggested Readings for the name bURKE
* Burk(e) Family of Southwest Virginia and the Valley by John A. Kelly. * A Family Tree by James Robert Harrington.
Some noteworthy people of the name bURKE
* Bernard Flood Burke, American Physicist and Educator * Kenneth Duval Burke, American critic, philosopher and translator * Martha Jane Burke (1852-1903), original name of Calamity Jane * Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Anglo-Irish statesman, author, orator, political theorist, and philosopher * Sir John Bernard Burke (1787-1848), Irish genealogist * Robert O'Hara Burke (1820-1861), Irish traveller and explorer of Australia * William Burke (1792-1829), Irish murderer with his partner Hare * Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke, of the U.S. Navy * Sir Aubrey Burke, executive * Rt. Rev. Geoffrey Burke, Bishop * Thomas Burke (1886-1945), English writer * Thomas Henry Burke (1829-1882), English politician * Austin-Emile Burke (b. 1922), Canadian priest, Archbishop of Halifax
