Biography of 	Burke, Patrick B. Orleans Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by 	Mike Miller March 1998

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Burke, Patrick B., president of the Hibernia Insurance Co., New Orleans,
was born in Medway, Mass., July 14, 1867, son of Patrick E. and Margaret
(Walsh) Burke, both natives of county Galway, Ireland, and who were married
in the town of Medway, where Mr. Burke, who had emigrated to America when a
young man, was established as a manufacturer of boots and shoes.  Mr.
Burke, Sr., removed to Stillwater, Minn., in 1882, and soon after retired
from business.  There were 3 sons and 3 daughters in the family.  One of
the daughters, Josephine, died in early childhood, and another, Margaret,
passed away soon after her marriage being the mother of 4 children.
Patrick is the youngest of the sons and of the family.  He enjoys a
splendid reputation as a business man; is an exemplary citizen, charitable
and generous, and identified with all movements for the welfare of his
fellowmen.  John Mattie F. and Thomas J. Burke, his brothers, are in the
wholesale grocery business at Benidji [sic], Minn.  Mr. Burke was educated
in the public schools of Medway and Stillwater high school, and graduated
in 1885; next entering the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, and studying
law.  He received the degree of LL. B. in 1888 and B. A. in 1889.  After
engaging in the practice of law in Stillwater, and filling the position of
judge of the municipal court for 4 years, and was offered the secretaryship
of the Hibernia Insurance Co., and in 1910 was elected its president.  He
is on the board of directors of the Union Stave Co. and of the Dugan Piano
Co., president of the board of control Louisiana Lepers' Home; member of
the New Orleans council, Knights of Columbus, and state deputy of the
order; vice supreme master of the 4th degree Knights of Columbus; past
grand knight of New Orleans council, No. 714, Knights of Columbus;
president of St. Joseph's Conference Society of St. Vincent de Paul, and
secretary Louisiana Colonization bureau.  Married, Nov. 14, 1899, Miss
Catherine Gibbons, daughter of Hon. John T. Gibbons, and niece of His
Eminence, James, Cardinal Gibbons.  Two sons and 1 daughter were born of
their union, James Gibbons, Edward Bolan, and Catherine Margaret.  Mr.
Burke is a member of the Democratic party, but takes no active part in
politics.  

Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events,
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp.
79-80.  Edited by Alcee Fortier, Lit.D.  Published in 1914, by Century
Historical Association.