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Name	Mary Jane Melanson
Born	22 Sep 1846	Ragged Reef, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [1, 2, 3]
	Her marriage certificate gives her location of birth as Minudie, Nova Scotia. Her death certificate gives her birth location as Ragged Reef, Nova Scotia.
Gender	Female
Census	1881	Minudie-River Hebert sub-district, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [4]
	In family 183, she appears with her husband and five of their children.
		1881Census-Cumbeland,Minudie-RiverHebert,p40-41
Census	1891	subdistrict of River Hebert, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [5]
	In family #59, she appears with her husband and seven of their children.
Census	1901	the polling division of Minudie, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [6]
	In family #26, she is found with her husband, five of their daughters, their eldest son, their daughter-in-law and their grandson.
		1901Census-Cumbeland,Minudie,p.3,fam.19-28
Census	1911	Minudie, sub-district of Lower Cove, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada [7]
	In family #6, she is found with her husband and youngest child.
		1911Census-Cumbeland,Minudie,p.1,families 1-9
Occupation	housekeeper [8]
Residence	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [3, 8]
Died	20 Nov 1930	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [8, 9]
	Her death was reported by Mrs Gould of Joggins, NS who is her daughter.
Buried	23 Nov 1930	Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [8]
Person ID	I9059	Annette - Research
Last Modified	3 Dec 2009

Father	Laurent\Lorong Melanson, b. 26 Jan 1815, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia , d. 1880 (Age 64 years)
Mother	Susannah (Susan) O'Regan, b. 1820, d. 1858 (Age 38 years)
Family ID	F2214	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Anthony P Burke, b. 22 Mar 1849, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 1 Sep 1931, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 82 years)

Married 8 Feb 1870 Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada [3, 10, 11]

Nova Scotia Vital Statistics Maggiage Registration gives witnesses at their marriage as Sylvain Comeau and Susan O'Regan.
Parish register gives witnesses at the marriage as Sylvine Comeau & Margaret Melanson.

Children

	1. William (Willie) Burke, b. 10 Apr 1871, d. 1920, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 48 years)
	2. Charles E Burke, b. 2 Jan 1873, d. Yes, date unknown
	3. Mary Elizabeth Burke, b. 24 Sep 1874, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 29 Aug 1963 (Age 88 years)
	4. Louise Helen (Ellen) (Lou) Burke, b. 13 Sep 1876, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. Yes, date unknown
	5. Margaret Susan Burke, b. 8 Mar 1879, d. 14 Jul 1879 (Age 0 years)
	6. Annie Cora Burke, b. 14 Jul 1880, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 17 Apr 1974 (Age 93 years)
	7. Cecilia\Celia (Celie) Burke, b. 23 Oct 1882, Minudie, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 29 Jun 1969 (Age 86 years)
	8. Annette Ethel (Nettie) Burke, b. 20 Feb 1885, d. Yes, date unknown
	9. Katherine Lillian (Kate) Burke, b. 29 Oct 1892, Barronsfield, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada , d. 8 May 1968 (Age 75 years)

Family ID F3793 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Sources

[S309] Info:Ruth Fowler's Bible, gives birth date.
[S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1930;book:143;page:446-death gives birth loc.&dt.
[S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1870;Book:1809;Page:51;#27-marriage.
[S299] Census: 1881 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, mf reel:C_13177,NovaScotia,22Cumberland,sub-dist:JRiverHebert,Page40-41,FamilyNo:183.
mf reel:C_13177,NovaScotia,22Cumberland,sub-dist:JRiverHebert,Page40-41,FamilyNo:183.
Burke, Anthony M 32 NS RC French Farmer M
Burke, Mary J F 34 NS RC French M
Burke, Willie A M 10 NS RC French
Burke, Charles E M 8 NS RC French
Burke, Mary E F 7 NS RC French
Burke, Ellen L F 5 NS RC French
Burke, Annie C F 7/12 July NS RC French
[S313] Census: 1891 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, mf Reel:T-6312,30Cumberland,Sub-dist:5A-RiverHebert,p13-14,fam.59-enn.dt.10Apr1891.
mf Reel:T-6312,30Cumberland,Sub-dist:5A-RiverHebert,p13-14,fam.59:
Burke, Anthony P M 43 M - NS RC Farmer
Burke, Mary Jane F 44 M W NS RC
Burke, William M 20 S NS RC Farmer
Burke, Charles E M 18 S NS RC
Burke, Mary E F 16 D NS RC
Burke, Ella L F 14 D NS RC
Burke, Annie C F 10 D NS RC
Burke, Celia M F 8 D NS RC
Burke, Nettie E F 6 D NS RC
[S314] Census: 1901 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, 30Cumberland;Sub-distZ;PollDiv30Minudie-p.3-fam.26.
[S312] Census: 1911 Census of Canada/Nova Scotia/Cumberland, 42Cumberland;Sub-dist.12LowerCove;Minudie;p.1,fam.6.
[S144] VitalStats: NS,Cumberland Co.,Prov.Archives,Govt. Records, website;yr:1930;book:143;page:446-death.
[S309] Info:Ruth Fowler's Bible.
[S84] Parish:Joggins & Missions,NS 1849-1909 (P10) from LDS Reel 0857500, p.341 - daug's marr.26Sep1906.
[S84] Parish:Joggins & Missions,NS 1849-1909 (P10) from LDS Reel 0857500, mar.8Feb1870.

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