FAMILY HISTORY PHOTO ALBUM:
TROY/BURKE side of the family 
TROY FAMILY
Troy Family Home, 1952-1961 This home at 460 Shirley Ave. in Buffalo,
New York was owned by John and Alice Troy from November 1952 until November 1961. Sharon was
two years old when they moved in and Ken and Kathy were born while the family lived here.
Alice was particularly fond of this house. The family moved to St. Petersburg, Florida in November 1961.
John "Jack" Troy, Jr. in
his living room in Florida one Christmas in the 1980s.
John James Troy, Sr. Sharon's paternal grandfather at the wedding of her
parents on June 25, 1949. John was born in 1888 in Monananig, County Cork, Ireland and served with
the British Merchant Marines starting in 1906. He jumped ship in America in 1920, and married Honora
Patricia Burke in April, 1922. They had five children: James (died at 3 days),
John, Thomas, William and
Anna Marie. John Troy, Sr. and his wife Honora moved to Florida in 1959.
Tom, Bill, Ann, and John "Jack" Troy at family reunion in Colorado
in the 1980s.
Florida Home of John and Honora Troy - 1959 John bought this home in
1959 when he and his wife Honora Burke Troy retired to PInellas Park, Florida. This house is where
Honora died on April 29, 1963. John, Sr.died in Pinellas Park, Florida on February 13, 1969.
John Troy, Sr. Obiturary Newspaper article appearing
on the front page of the Pinellas Park Post the week after John was killed in a hit and run accident
on February 13, 1969.
Honora Patricia Burke Troy Sharon's paternal grandmother. Photo taken
at home of Sharon's parents in Buffalo in the late 1950s and used on Honora's Holy Card at her funeral, Honora was born in 1889 in Ballyoughtra, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland and died on April 29, 1963 in Pinellas Park, Florida.
St. Bartholomew's Catholic Church "St. Bart's" was the church on Grider Ave.
in Buffalo, New York where the Troy family attended church and school. John, Tom and Bill Troy were
altarboys here in the 1930s. John Joseph Troy and Anna Troy Jeffers also held their weddings at St. Bart's.
Ellen "Ellie" Troy MacCarthy, John James Troy's sister who stayed in Ireland and married a MacCarthy. She strongly resembles her brother John. This photo is also from a Holy
Card given out at her funeral.
Katie Troy, John and Ellie's unmarried sister who stayed at home on the farm in Ireland all her life with their oldest brother Patrick, also unmarried.
Troy farmhouse in Monaninag, Cork, Ireland. This photo was taken
when Thomas "Tom" Troy and his wife Joyce visited Ireland. Tom is shown standing in front of
the old family homestead, which was no longer in use at the time of the photo. Five Troy children were
born here: Patrick, Ellie, Michael, John, and Katie. Their parents were James Troy and Hannah
Connell Troy.
Bill Troy and Family visit Mike Troy and his family in Cork, Ireland in the 1980s.
THE BURKE FAMILY
Honora Patricia Burke (lower right) and John Troy, Sr. on their wedding
day. The couple behind them is possibly Jack O'Keefe and Honora's sister Julia Burke O'Keefe.
Michael Burke, at age 90 Michael was the oldest son of Honora
Burke's parents. He was born in 1890, one year after Honora. His parents were Randall Burke
and Mary Driscoll Burke. He is shown here at the kitchen table of a house he built at age 70 in
Ballyoughtra, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland.
Burke farmhouse in Ballyoughtra This is the farmhouse where Honora
Burke and her siblings were born in Ballyoughtra, Skibbereen, County Cork, Ireland. It was owned
by Randall and Mary Burke and they had six children: Honora, Michael, Mary, Julia, Timothy, and
Catherine. All of the children came to America, but Michael went back to inherit the farm.
Burke Family in Ireland, 1990 Uncle Mike Burke celebrates his
100th Birthday with his family. This picture was printed in the local newspaper for Skibbereen, Co. Cork Ireland.
Lough Hyne.The seawater lake on which Ballyoughtra is situated in West
Cork. Fishing in this lake is probably what kept our ancestors alive during The Great Famine in the 1840s.
More pictures of Lough Hyne from a
real estate ad on the web. The house is "Lough Hyne Cottage" and may have been the local
"Big House" owned by the Beechers in the 1800s. The Burkes are said to have been caretakers
of the local big house in the 1900s.
Map of Ballyoughtera Townland
Ballyoughtera is located on
the northeast side of Lough Hyne. It is situated in the Civil Parish of Creagh, in the Poor Law Union
of Skilbbereen, in West Cork, in the Barony of Carbery, in County Cork, Ireland. It is here that the
Burke family has lived for at least 10 generations, probably since the 1600s.
NOTE: More recent photos of the decendants of Randall and Mary Burke can be seen at the website maintained by their great-granddaughter Margie Troy Baxter and her husband Mark Baxter. The Baxters now live in Japan.
This website written and designed by:
Sharon Marie Centanne, Genealogy Research Instructor and Internet Trainer
Please direct any questions to: Sharon.
© Copyright Sharon Marie Centanne, June 1998.
This page updated September 21, 1998.
