Alexander Ross Burke, b: 1945 - Halifax, Nova Scotia

^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}
^{1969 Armstrong first person on the moon}

^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1919 World War I}
^{1929 The Great Depression begins}

^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}
^{1898 Spanish-American War}


			^Noel Burke^{b.1864 Poirierville, NS d.1957 D'Escousse, Nova Scotia}

		^{Alexandre Jacques Burke}^{b.1901 D'Escousse, Nova Scotia d.1964 Sydney, Nova Scotia}	^{Marie Marguerite (Minnie) Poirier}^{b.1882 Poirierville, NS d.1955 D'Escousse, Nova Scotia}

^{James Fraser (Jim) Burke}^{b. Living d.}	^{Alexander Ross Burke}^{b.1945 Halifax, Nova Scotia d.2003 Sydney, Nova Scotia}

^Marie Burke^{b. d.}		^{Mary Ross Day}^{b. d.}

^{Michelle Burke}^{b. d.}

^Wendy Burke^{b. d.}

	^{Isabel Agnes Mackenzie}^{b. d.}