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wards he began the practice <strong>of</strong> his pr<strong>of</strong>es-<br />
sion in Hartford and here remained for<br />
some eighteen months. At the end <strong>of</strong><br />
that time he removed to Springfield, Massachusetts,<br />
where he has associated him-<br />
self with Mr. Henry Lasker, and since<br />
that time has carried on a most success-<br />
ful parctice here. He is at present a<br />
prominent member <strong>of</strong> the bar and much<br />
important litigation is entrusted to him.<br />
Mr. Burke has maintained his home in<br />
Thompsonville, <strong>Connecticut</strong>, although his<br />
<strong>of</strong>fice is situated at Springfield, Massa-<br />
chusetts, and it is at the former place<br />
that his legal residence is established. On<br />
May I, 1917, he was appointed by the<br />
State Legislature <strong>of</strong> <strong>Connecticut</strong>, deputy<br />
judge <strong>of</strong> the Town Court <strong>of</strong> Enfield in<br />
this State, a position which he is at the<br />
present time holding, and in which he<br />
has done valuable service to the commun-<br />
ity. In politics Mr. Burke is a Republi-<br />
can, and has done much to assist the local<br />
organization <strong>of</strong> his party <strong>of</strong> recent years.<br />
He is a prominent figure in the social<br />
world <strong>of</strong> Thompsonville, and is active in<br />
the Order <strong>of</strong> the Knights <strong>of</strong> Columbus,<br />
having held the <strong>of</strong>fice <strong>of</strong> deputy grand<br />
knight, and is at the present time grand<br />
knight there<strong>of</strong> and also lecturer. He is<br />
also a member <strong>of</strong> Waite Chapter <strong>of</strong> the<br />
Phi Delta Phi fraternity <strong>of</strong> Yale. He is<br />
also a member <strong>of</strong> the Alumni Society <strong>of</strong><br />
Holy Cross College and <strong>of</strong> the Alumni<br />
Society <strong>of</strong> Yale. In his religious belief<br />
Mr. Burke is a Roman Catholic, as have<br />
been all the members <strong>of</strong> his family from<br />
time im<strong>memorial</strong>.<br />
Patrick Francis Burke, Jr., was united<br />
in marriage, April 3, 1912, with May<br />
Celestia Fleming, <strong>of</strong> Suffield, Connecti-<br />
cut, a daughter <strong>of</strong> Michael and Bridget<br />
(Galvin) Fleming, her father being a<br />
well-known and prosperous farmer <strong>of</strong><br />
that region in the State. To Mr. and<br />
Mrs. Burke one child has been born, Edmund,<br />
June 8, 1916.<br />
EXCYCLOPEDIA OF BIOGRAPHY<br />
226<br />
HANLEY, William Edward,<br />
Postmaster, Merchant.<br />
William Edward Hanley, who for<br />
thirty-two years was a responsible mer-<br />
chant <strong>of</strong> Stafford Springs, <strong>Connecticut</strong>,<br />
and one <strong>of</strong> its most active residents, associated<br />
with most <strong>of</strong> its public movements,<br />
and prominent particularly in supporting<br />
the Democratic party's policies, was born<br />
in Monson, Massachusetts, July 12, 1855,<br />
and died at The Johnson Hospital, Staf-<br />
ford Springs, September 29, 1917, son <strong>of</strong><br />
John and Margaret Hanley.<br />
John Hanley (father) was born in Tip-<br />
perary, Ireland, in 181 5, attended the<br />
common schools <strong>of</strong> his native place, and<br />
in 1850 emigrated to the United States,<br />
and during the thirty-eight years <strong>of</strong> his<br />
residence here gained by honest work and<br />
good citizenship the respect <strong>of</strong> those with<br />
whom he became acquainted. He is well<br />
remembered in the town <strong>of</strong> Stafford<br />
Springs, where his death occurred in the<br />
year 1888. His wife, Margaret Hanley,<br />
was also a native <strong>of</strong> Tipperary, born in<br />
1820, and her death also occurred there<br />
in the same year as her husband, 1888.<br />
Both Mr. and Mrs. Hanley were earnest<br />
members <strong>of</strong> the Catholic church. They<br />
were the parents <strong>of</strong> at least four children<br />
William Edward, <strong>of</strong> whom further ; Patrick,<br />
a resident <strong>of</strong> Stafford Springs ; Daniel,<br />
a resident <strong>of</strong> Woonsocket, Rhode<br />
Island ; and Mary, wife <strong>of</strong> McCormack,<br />
<strong>of</strong> Boston, Massachusetts.<br />
William Edward Hanley received public<br />
school education in Monson, Massachusetts,<br />
but, like so many other Ameri-<br />
can boys <strong>of</strong> character who later succeeded<br />
so well in life despite early educational<br />
handicaps, he was not altogether down-<br />
cast that his years <strong>of</strong> schooling should be<br />
few. At the age <strong>of</strong> thirteen, he was hard<br />
and optimistically working, in the hum-<br />
blest capacity, in a woolen mill in his<br />
native place, and he evidently became<br />
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