Silas Burk^[1]

1829 - 1913  (83 years)

• Name	Silas Burk  [2, 3, 4]
  Born	6 Nov 1829  [3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jul 1913  [3]
  Buried	Burk Cemetery, Harwich Twp, Kent Co., ON, Canada   [4]
  Person ID	I4164	Main
  Last Modified	29 Jan 2011

  
  

  Father	James Burk,   b. 17 Jun 1806, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 15 Dec 1892  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Dorothy Hartford,   b. 25 Dec 1811,   d. 2 Aug 1883  (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F1626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Todd,   b. 15 Aug 1831,   d. 7 Jan 1908  (Age 76 years)
  Children	+ 1. Samuel Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Laomi Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Noble Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Marshall Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Emma Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Ida Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   7. Mary Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown + 8. Sidney Burk,   b. 1866,   d. 1954  (Age 88 years)   9. Arminda Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. Eva Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown   11. Nelson Burk,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2008
  Family ID	F3263	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Silas Burk
  		"Burk Old Timers" (large) The note that came with the photo read: The photo was taken in Blenheim Ontario. It has "5 sons + one daughter of James Burk" written across the bottom. The people in this photo are old, and named as: Solomon Burk, Zebina (?) Burk, Silas B. John B. Dolly (Mrs. Hartford) and Elijah Burk Born Jan. 8 1838 Married Feb 2, 1862. On the reverse are some family dates that were "narrated June 17 1961 Ada Burk Wife of Owen Burk". The dates on the reverse look to be the children of Elijah Burk.
  		"Burk Old Timers" back (top half)
  		"Burk Old Timers" back (bottom half)

  
  

  Headstones

  Silas and Mary Burk headstone

  
  

• Sources

  [SAuth] John Spencer Howell, Jr., John Spencer Howell, Jr., (http://www.jhowell.com/ jhowell@jhowell.com). [S969] Graham Stewart, (gstewart8@cogeco.ca), Photo taken in Blenheim, ON (Reliability: 0). [S1523] Stephen Burke, Stephen Burke, (lauriesteve@kent.net), email to JSH (Reliability: 0). [S693] Gravestone Photo, Silas Burk, born Nov 6, 1829, died July 12, 1913; Mary Todd, his wife born Aug 15, 1831, died Jan 7, 1910. (Reliability: 0).