Mary Josephine Burke

     Mary Josephine Burke was born in December 1897 at Connecticut.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel J Burke and Elizabeth Jane Meehan. Mary Josephine Burkeappeared on the US Census of 1900 in the household of Daniel J Burke and Elizabeth Jane Meehan at 122 Hamilton Street, Hartford, Connecticut.¹ Mary, age 12 years, appeared on the US Census of 1910 at Hartford Orphan Asylum, Hartford, Connecticut.²

Mary Josephine Burke married Andrew Alphonse Travis, son of George William Travis and Margaret E. Sexton. Mary, age 22 years, appeared on the US Census of 1920 at 97 Buckingham Street, Hartford, Connecticut. She was a roomer at a boarding house.³ According to the census in 1920, Mary was a clerk in a printing shop.³ Mary, age 32 years, and Andrew, age 38 years, appeared on the US Census of 1930 at 63 Wisner Avenue, Middletown, Orange County, New York.⁴ Mary and Andrew lived in 1930 at 63 Wisner Avenue, Middletown, Orange County, New York, according to the 1930 Middletown, New York City Directory.⁵ Mary, age 42 years, and Andrew, age 48 years, appeared on the US Census of 1940 at N Russell Street, Boston, Massachusetts.⁶ Mary Josephine Burke died on 5 September 1949 at Boston, Massachusetts, at age 51.⁷