Berch, Birt

From the Files of Virginia Aldridge

Birt Berch is found on the first page of the 'Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana' and remains an inmate in the Orphans' Home Warrick County, Indiana until he is bound out to James Barnett on 31 March 1891 acording to the Articles of Apprenticeship and 1 April 1891 according to the Register of Inmates of the Orphans' Home Warrick County, Indiana.

BIRT BERCH [Herbert Bailey Burch]
son of Martin Burch and Anna Mary Small
Born: 12 May 1880 Indiana
Died: 14 May 1924 Mobile Co., AL
Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery Mobile Co., AL
Married: 1] 31 Aug 1903 Posey Co., IN
    MADORA ROBERTS
    daughter of unknown
    Born: not found
    Died: before he remarried in 1911

No issue has been found for this couple.

Married: 2] 29 August 1911 Ballard Co., KY
    ALVIRA ROBERTS
    daughter of George W. Roberts and Madora T. Barrett
    Born: 1892 Illinois
    Died: 6 December 1961 Mobile Co., AL
    Burial: Odd Fellows Cemetery Mobile Co., AL

CHILD OF HERBERT AND ALVIRA:

    1. Rufus William Burch + Laura Addalea Nelson

SOURCES:
Note: Herbert Bailey Burch has several dates of birth listed, but he is found as a 1 month old on the 1880 census living with his mother and sister.

Year: 1880; Census Place: Anderson, Warrick, Indiana; Roll: 320; Page: 238A; Enumeration District: 059
Anna Birch 22 Self [Head]
Pearl Birch 1 Daughter
Martin Birch 1/12 Son [Herbert Bailey Burch]
Rome Small 23 Brother [Jerome]   \ These are Anna's
Maggie Small 20 Sister [Margaret]/ siblings.

Register of the Inmates of the Orphans'Home Warrick County, Indiana

Articles of Apprenticeship Herbert B. Birch page 153 - bound out to James Barnett

Year: 1900; Census Place: Ohio, Spencer, Indiana; Page: 10; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1240403
Richard Stuteville 24 Head
Alice Stuteville     22 Wife
Hurbert Burch      21 Cousin b. May 1879

Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index, 1800-1941
Name: Herbert B Burch
Spouse Name: Madora Roberts
Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1903
Marriage County: Posey County

Year: 1910; Census Place: Kilgore, Clay, Arkansas; Roll: T624_46; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 1374059
Hebert Burch 30 Head
Madora Burch 29 Wife

Kentucky, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1783-1965
Name: H.B. Burch
Gender: Male
Age: 31
Birth Date: abt 1880
Marriage Date: 29 Aug 1911
Marriage Place: Wickliffe, Ballard, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Alvira Roberts
Film Number: 000978004
I called the Clerk's Office in Ballard Co., KY and this marriage record does not contain parent information.

U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name Herbert Bailey Burck
Race White
Birth Date 12 May 1879
Residence Date 1917-1918
Street Address Muscle Shoals
Residence Place Colbert County, Alabama, USA
Draft Board 4
Physical Build Stout
Height Medium
Hair Color Brown
Eye Color Black
Relative Mrs. H B Burck

Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 7, Decatur, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1737; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 63
Herbert B Burch 39 Head
Alvia Burch          24 Wife
John A Davis       35 Cousin

Alabama, U.S., Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974
Name: Herbert Barley Burch
Birth Date: 12 May 1881
Birth Place: Bayou Batre, Mobile, Alabama
Death Date: 14 May 1924
Death Place: Bayou Batre, Mobile, Alabama
Burial Place: Bayou Batre, Mobile, Alabama
Death Age: 43 Race: White
Marital status: Married
Gender: Male
Father Birth Place: Indiana
Mother Name: Annie Smally
Mother Birth Place: Indiana
Spouse Name: Elvia Burch
FHL Film Number: 1908260

U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Herbert Bailey Burch 73316675 [note he has two memorials]
Birth Date: 12 May 1879
Birth Place: Warrick County, Indiana, United States of America
Death Date: 14 May 1924
Death Place: Mobile County, Alabama, United States of America

Name: Herbert B Burch 117016857
Birth Date: 1882
Death Date: 1924
Cemetery: Odd Fellows Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Alabama, United States of America

Obituary:
Herbert B. Burch Mobile News Item, issue 15 May 1924