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Edmund Burke, Jr. (1905-1993) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.; Greenwich, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., February
5, 1905.
Son of Edmund Burke and Mabel Jeannette (Rule) Burke.
Democrat. Lawyer; member, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission, 1941-43; attorney for Texaco oil
company.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; American Bar
Association.
Died, of pneumonia,
in Buffalo, Erie
County, N.Y., May 13,
1993 (age 88 years, 97
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Relatives:
Married, July 18,
1939, to Marion Hopkins McDonagh (died 1984). |
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Peter P. Cornen (1815-1893) —
of Ridgefield, Fairfield
County, Conn.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., March 13,
1815.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate
business; oil producer; banker;
member of Connecticut
state senate 11th District, 1867; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Ridgefield, 1871.
Episcopalian.
Member, Odd
Fellows.
Died March 23,
1893 (age 78 years, 10
days).
Interment at Scott's Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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William R. Peterson (1894-1992) —
of Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn.
Born in Middletown, Middlesex
County, Conn., June 8,
1894.
Son of Olaf Frederick Peterson and Sophie Christine (Johnson)
Peterson.
Republican. Petroleum distributor; member of Connecticut
state house of representatives from Portland, 1939-43; member of
Connecticut
state senate, 1947-49; alternate delegate to Republican National
Convention from Connecticut, 1952.
Lutheran.
Member, Freemasons;
Odd
Fellows; Rotary.
Died in a nursing
home at Portland, Middlesex
County, Conn., December
11, 1992 (age 98 years, 186
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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