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This next photo is of her husband (and my great-grandfather), Joe Marcus Burke. Joe came from Mississippi, but he was not Choctaw. He looks a bit familiar... I will have to do some comparing, but I think that my son David resembles him quite a lot.
This is a really great photo of Minnie Myrtle Burke (my paternal grandmother) and Reg (Reginald) Rogers (my paternal grandfather), on the day they were married. They eloped and ran away to get married in 1912. Minnie's father drove all over the county for a month, with a shotgun across his lap, looking for Reg. My grandmother told my cousin Bobbe the story of the elopement so she could write it down. If you'd like to read it, just click here!
Next is
Minnie with her two children; my father Marcus, and my aunt
Lucille. This was taken when Marcus
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This
is of my paternal great-grandmother, Lucinda (Hampton) Burke. Born in
1875, she must have been a very special person. Her
mother died very young, and she was raised by a maiden aunt (Sarah
Folsom). Lucinda raised nine of her ten children. You can see both courage and
happiness in this photo. Lucinda lived 91 years.
was about 12 or so, so
probably in 1925. I also noticed a very neat old car behind them.
