Burke


Lionel Messervy Burke and two of his siblings
Direct links to lists of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Burke family can be found under Family Records opposite. If you want to search for records for a spelling variant of Burke, or for any other family name, just click below on the first letter of the
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New records
From August 2020 we have started adding records from non-Anglican churches, and this process will continue as more records, held by Jersey Archive, are digitised and indexed. Our database now includes buttons enabling a search within registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These records will automatically appear within the results of any search made from this page.
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Origins of surname
The name orginates with the old English burh, or Anglo-Saxon burg, both meaning a fortress on a hill. It has been particularly popular in Ireland, where the family is held in great esteem.
Early records
The name was first brought to Jersey in the early 19th century, and five different families appear to have become established by 1825. Descendants emigrated to New Zealand
Variations
- Burgh
- Burke
- Bourke
- Burk
Family records

Church records
- Burke baptisms in Jersey
- Burke marriages in Jersey (groom)
- Burke marriages in Jersey (bride)
- Burke burials in Jersey

Family trees

Great War service
Sons of William Francis Burke and Emma Amelia Knight
- Arthur Lloyd Burke (1896- ) (St H) Corporal RE
- William George Burke (1889- ) (St H) ex-Militia, Gunner, RGA

Occupation records

Family wills
These wills created by members of the Burke family are now held by Jersey Archive. By visiting the archive site and using the names, dates and reference numbers shown here, it is possible to view a copy of each will. You will have to subscribe to the Archive's online service to do this. To find out more about this collection, which covers the period from 1663 to 1980, and how to search for your family's wills there, visit our Jersey wills page
- Burke : Alice Maud , widow of Cyril Wight May, of Grand Hotel, Esplanade, St Helier - 15/Jul/1971 , 21/Mar/1974 , D/Y/B1/202/42
- Burke : Arthur Lloyd , of Rosedale, 7, Winchester Street, St Helier and formerly of Lorraine, Great Union Road, St Helier - 26/Sep/1936 , 05/Jun/1969 , D/Y/B1/133/2
- Burke : Arthur Lloyd , of 12, Chevalier Road, St Helier - 12/Sep/1973 , 02/Jan/1974 , D/Y/B1/199/20
- Burke : Emma Amelia , nee Knight, 6 Victoria Street, St Helier - 18/Jul/1936 , 21/Jan/1944 , D/Y/A/112/14
- Burke : Frederick William , of the Victoria Club, Beresford Street, St Helier - 26/Mar/1975 , 21/Apr/1976 , D/Y/B1/238/25
- Burke : Martin , of Taylor's Hill, Galway, Ireland - 12/Nov/1971 , 22/Jan/1976 , D/Y/B1/234/22
- Burke : Teresa Ann , wife of David Almond, of Labuan, Grouville - 17/May/1963 , 07/Feb/1967 , D/Y/B1/104/59
- Burke : William Francis , 1 Peirson Terrace, Havre des Pas, St Helier - 08/Mar/1928 , 03/Jun/1936 , D/Y/A/99/21

Burial records

Family album
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William Malcolm Burke, killed in action in the Great War
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A New Zealand Gazette notice including a patent appliation by Lionel Messervy Burke
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Sheila Florence Burke, nee Jones (1915-2002), born in Jersey, married Patrick Burke
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Edith Gainsford Burke (1857-1885)
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Mary Helena Burke, nee Hay (1893-1981)

Family businesses
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An invoice issued by W F Burke, interior decorator of Victoria Street

Family gravestones
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St Ouen's Cemetery
Tips
The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.
We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling
The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.
New records
Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form
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