Mary Margaret Elvira Burke

1902 - 1997  (94 years)

• Name	Mary Margaret Elvira Burke
  Nickname	Vidy
  Born	2 Sep 1902	South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario
  Christened	21 Sep 1902	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Godparents	Thomas Lahey and Mary Burke
  Confirmation	22 Aug 1913	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [2]
  	Mary Alvira Burke, 10. Parents Thomas Burke and Mary A. Lahey. Sponsor Mary Lahey
  Died	19 May 1997	Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario
  Buried	21 May 1997	Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Almonte
  Association	Thomas Alexander Lahey (Relationship: Godfather/goddaughter)
  Notes	Agnes O'Neill told me (January 2007) that Vidy (Burke) O'Neill learned to drive a car when she was 9 or 10 years old. Her father, Thomas Burke, bought an old grey car but never learned to drive it. Vidy's brother-in-law Dominic Stanton taught her how to drive, and she used to drive her father into Ottawa. [3] Kept boarders for a dollar a day (conversation with Agnes O'Neill). [3]
  Person ID	I681	Moran
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Burke,   b. 20 Feb 1856, March Township, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Sep 1941, Fitzroy Harbour, Carleton Co., Ontario  (Age 85 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Lahey,   b. 5 Jul 1862, South March, March township, Carleton Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Oct 1940, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age 78 years)
  Married	13 Oct 1891	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario
  Association	Bridget Loreto Killeen (Relationship: Marriage witness)
  Association	Margaret Devine (Relationship: Home Child)
  Family ID	F201	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Daniel William O'Neill,   b. 27 Aug 1901, Pakenham, Lanark Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 28 June 1975, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age 73 years)
  Married	25 Oct 1921	St. Isidore, South March, March township, Carleton Co. Ontario   [1]
  Witnesses	J.S. Burke and Michael James Sherlock
  Children	1. Daniel Joseph Burke O'Neill,   b. 25 Aug 1923, Ottawa, Carleton Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 23 Dec 2004, London, Ontario, Canada  (Age 81 years)   2. Mary Alice Dorothy Rita O'Neill,   b. 6 Feb 1925,   d. 1998  (Age 72 years)   3. Teresa Elizabeth Ann O'Neill,   b. 25 Jul 1927, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario   4. Francis Bernard O'Neill,   b. 4 Oct 1933, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario ,   d. 27 Aug 1994  (Age 60 years)   5. Mary Frances Agnes O'Neill,   b. 13 Jul 1931, Almonte, Lanark Co., Ontario ,   d. 2 Dec 2018, Carleton Place, Lanark Co., Ontario  (Age 87 years)
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2013
  Family ID	F300	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Marriage

  At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  
  

  Obituary

  Obituary for Mary Margaret Elvira Burke The Ottawa Citizen, 20 May 1997

  
  

• Sources

  [S89] St. Isidore. [S306] Confirmations of St. Isidore of March, 1888-1917. [S212] Oral Interview with Aggie O'Neill, January 2007.