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Peter Constantine BURKE (1831 - 1901)
Children Self + Spouses Parents Grandparents Greatgrandparents
Dora Emma BURKE (1866 - 1957)
Peter Constantine BURKE (1831 - 1901)

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Isabella ROSS (1831 - 1909)
John BURKE











Dorothy HALL












b. abt 1831 at Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
m. 1853 Isabella ROSS (1831 - 1909) at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
d. 1901 at Oxley, Victoria, Australia aged 70
Near Relatives of Peter Constantine BURKE (1831 - 1901)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Father in Law Mathew ROSS
Mother in Law Margaret JIFFILLAN

Father John BURKE
Mother Dorothy HALL

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

Wife Isabella ROSS abt 1831 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland 1909 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia 78

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

Son in Law Edward Joseph GOOD abt 1864 1931 Richmond, Victoria, Australia 67

Granddaughter Dora Isabel Josephine GOOD 1892 St James, Victoria, Australia 1982 Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia 90
Granddaughter Maribel (Marie) GOOD 1894
Granddaughter Jane Ballard GOOD 1895 Thoona, Victoria, Australia 1982 Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia 87
Grandson Edward Constantine GOOD 1899 Thoona, Victoria, Australia 1943 44
Grandson Frederick Ross GOOD 1900 Thoona, Victoria, Australia 1982 Fran, Victoria, Australia 82
Granddaughter Isabella Flora Lara GOOD 1906 Thoona, Victoria, Australia

Events in Peter Constantine BURKE (1831 - 1901)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
abt 1831 Peter Constantine BURKE was born Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, Ireland marriage reg and obit
1851 20 Census 1 Court, Hunter st, Liverpool, Lancashire, England Note 1 67
1853 22 Married Isabella ROSS (aged 22) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Note 2
1866 35 Birth of daughter Dora Emma BURKE Beechworth, Victoria, Australia Note 3 52
1901 70 Peter Constantine BURKE died Oxley, Victoria, Australia Note 4 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: Victoria, Australia, St. Peter's Eastern Hill, Marriages, 1848-1955
Name: Isabella Ross
Born: Glasgow
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Birth Year: abt 1831
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 27 Jul 1853
Event Place: Melbourne, Bourke, Victoria, Australia
Spouse: Peter Constantine Bourke
Born: County Monaghan
Spouse Gender: Male
Spouse Age: 22
Father: Mathew Ross (steward)
Mother: Margaret Jiffillan
Spouse Father: John Bourke (musician)
Spouse Mother: Dorothy Hall
Parish as it Appears: St Peter
Parish or Mission: St Peter's Eastern Hill
Note 3: Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Dora Emma Burke
Birth Date: Abt 1866
Birth Place: Beechworth, Victoria
Registration Year: 1866
Registration Place: Victoria, Australia
Father: Peter Constantine Burke
Mother: Isabella Ross
Registration Number: 6659
Note 4: 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 birth reg of dau Dora
Source References:
52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 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
60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au
- Reference = (Death)
- Notes: 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 M'Cardel 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.