Burke, William Ellison Messervy
Dates
- Existence: 1830 - 1900
Biography
Burke was baptised on 26 Feb. 1830 at St. Heliers, Jersey and arrived in Canterbury in the early 1850s. He was employed by the Resident Magistrates' Court, Christchurch, from 1859 to 1871; he was bailiff from 1867, resigning in 1871 shortly before being convicted of fraud and being sentenced to four years' imprisonment. He married Laura Ennie Caggett on 22 Jan. 1863 at Lambeth, London. They had six sons, all born in Christchurch. He is thought to have died in Christchurch about 1900.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Reminiscences of old Canterbury by Johannes Carl Andersen
Reminiscences of old Canterbury is a photocopied copy of sections of William Ellison Messervy Burke manuscript scrapbook made by Johannes Carl Andersen.
Andersen also copied the original sketches, made an index, and included other, non-Burke material into these Reminiscences. He rewrote much of the scrapbook to produce a sanitized version sometimes at variance with the facts of the original.