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[edit] Summary

Nora M. Finn (1866-1898) circa 1895

[edit] Source

• Richard Arthur Norton (1958- )

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Nora M. Finn (1866-1898) with in-laws and child circa 1895

Nora M. Finn (1866-1898) with in-laws and child circa 1895

[edit] Biographical information

Nora M. Finn (1866-1898) Housewife (b. 1866, Cardiff, South Glamorgan County, Wales, United Kingdom - d. June 24, 1898, 16 Elliot Place, Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, 07307, USA)

[edit] Birth

Nora was born in 1866 to Daniel Finn (1818-1887) and Catherine Creedon (1834-1914) of Millstreet and Cullen, Cork, Munster Province, Ireland.

[edit] Siblings

Nora had two sisters: Mary A. Finn (1860-1885); and Catherine Elizabeth Finn (1873-1918) aka Kate Finn. Both sisters remained unmarried. Her sister, Catherine, worked as a executive secretary at the American Lead Pencil Company in Hoboken, New Jersey.

[edit] Emigration

Nora's parents, Daniel Finn and Catherine Creedon were born in Ireland but moved to Wales around 1860 and then the United States in 1873.

[edit] Marriage

Nora married John Joseph Burke I (1868-1939) around 1899 and had a child: Mary Margaret Burke (1891-1949).

[edit] Death

Nora may have died in childbirth with a subsequent child on June 24, 1898 at 16 Elliot Place in Jersey City, New Jersey.

[edit] Burial

Nora is buried with her parents, her siblings, her child and two grandchildren in Holy Name Cemetery on West End Avenue in Jersey City, New Jersey.

[edit] Daughter raised by her sister

After her death, her child was raised by her sister, Catherine.

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