William O'Rourke
Birth Name | William O'Rourke |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | 93 years, 28 days |
Narrative
A few notes on William O'Rourke that don't fit anywhere else:
William O'Rourke was from Ballintur Killowen, in the Civil Parish of Kilbroney, County Down, Northern Ireland. Ballintur is a townland on the Carlingford Lough, southeast of Newry and west of Lisnacree. It is about 1 1/2 miles from Killowen point. The auto route was called the A2 in the year 2009. There is a Catholic Church in Killowen. When it was a chapel, I believe it was associated with the main parish in Rostrevor as part of Kilbroney parish.
The townland of Ballintur was part of the Mourne estate of the Needham family, which was part of what was also known as the Kilmorey Estate.
A satellite view of this area at Google maps shows that the parcel boundaries from the time of Griffith's valuation are still there.
The form of William's surname on the Irish records is Rourke/Rorke/Roarke. William used the form O'Rourke from Liverpool onward, when he provided information for the ship's manifest when emigrating.
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William's children said that William boarded with the family of Ned Rodgers, his future father in law, sometime before William and Ann were married.
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There was some kind of system to track naturalized immigrants' addresses that, I think, started in 1912. William is listed at 3987 East 89th address on the front of the card. It seems that they updated this information, because on the back of ther card it says: "4065 E 91st St, Aug 23 1912" and 8005 Finney Av, 11/4/13".
"Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8HS-BNR : accessed 09 Dec 2013), William O'Rourke, 1909.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | January 23, 1874 | Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland | 1a | |
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Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel |
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Baptism | January 23, 1874 | Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland | 2a | |
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William Rourke was baptized Jan 23, 1874, the son of John Rourke and Ellen Rodgers. |
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Arrival | June 22, 1899 | New York, New York, United States | 3a | |
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Departed Liverpool 14 Jun 1899, on the SS Majestic, arrived New York Jun 22, 1899 John O'Rourke, 37, single, laborer, could read and write, nationality: "Irish" overwritten with "citizen", last residence: Ballinatore. destination: Cleveland, has ticket to destination, carrying more than $30. Have you been in the US before: "Citizen" overwritten with "6 years". Destination: brother on Detroit St William O'Rourke, 24, single, laborer, could read and write, nationality: Irish, last residence: Ballinatore, arrived in New York, destination: Cleveland, has ticket to destination, carrying $30, had not been in US before. Destination: J. O'Rourke, Cleveland. William's surname is dittoed from John's. In the white space after the ditto mark is some writing that could be "cousin" |
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Census (Boarder) | June 1, 1900 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 1626 Harvard | 4a |
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1900 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 27th Ward of Cleveland. [Note: this is the old street number. this corresponds to about 86th and Harvard after 1906.]
Thomas Bolen, 52, head, born March 1848, married 30 years, born in Scotland, parents in Ireland, arr 1872, naturalized, laborer
Anna Meara, 23, daughter, May 1877, married 4 years, 2 children, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Scotland, no occupation
John Coughlin, 60, boarder, Jun 1839, married 22 years, born in Ireland, parents also, married 22 yrs, arrived 1871, naturalized, laborer [The initial "O" in William's name was written over by a "W". He was indexed as Rourke at heritageQuestOnline.com and at familysearch.org.] "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMZF-J2R : accessed 09 Dec 2013), Wm Rourke in household of Thos Bolen, Precinct G Cleveland City Ward 27, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 13, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241257. |
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Residence | 1903 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 2671 Broadway | 5 |
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1903 Cleveland City Directory |
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Residence | 1904 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 2671 Broadway | |
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1904 City Directory |
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Naturalization | April 15, 1904 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | Declaration of Intention | |
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Information from William O'Rourke's Declaration of Intention, April 15, 1904, in Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Name: William O'Rourke I don't think this image was indexed, and I don't have the link. |
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Residence | 1905 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 144 Turney [now about 4324] | 5 |
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1905 City Directory |
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Residence | 1906 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 4324 (old 144) Turney | 5 |
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1906 City Directory |
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Residence | 1907 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9123 Harvard av SE | 5 |
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1907 City Directory |
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Residence | 1908 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9007 Cannon av SE | 5 |
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1908 City Directory |
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Naturalization | April 14, 1909 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | Petition for Naturalization | 6 |
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From images at familysearch.org,
Full name: William O'Rourke This image was not indexed. I don't have the link. |
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Residence | April 14, 1909 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9007 Cannon | 6 |
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at 9007 Cannon |
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Naturalization | September 7, 1909 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 7a 6 | |
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Information from the index card for William O'Rourke's naturalization: "Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K84T-P8N : accessed 09 Dec 2013), William O'Rourke, 1909. |
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Census | April 15, 1910 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 3987 East 89th Street | 8a |
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1910 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 18th Ward of Cleveland.
O'Rourke, William, 36, married 1x, for 5 years, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived in 1900, naturalized, craneman in steel works
"United States Census, 1910," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/ML8P-9DH : accessed 30 Oct 2013), William Orourke, Cleveland Ward 18, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 5, NARA microfilm publication T624, FHL microfilm 1375186. |
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Residence | from 1911 to 1912 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 3987 East 89th | 6 |
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at 3987 East 89th when the tracking cards started for naturalized immigrants in 1912. also at that address in the 1911 City Directory |
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Residence | August 23, 1912 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | moved to 4065 E 91st | 6 |
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moved to 4065 E 91st |
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Residence | November 4, 1913 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | moved to 8005 Finney Av | 6 |
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moved to 8005 Finney Av |
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Draft Registration | September 12, 1918 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9 | |
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United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
William O'Rourke
Registrar: James McGowan [Note: I doubt they were living across the street from each other. Anna's address must be wrong.] "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6FZ-3T2 : accessed 30 Oct 2013), William O Rourke, 1917-1918; citing Cleveland City no 11, Ohio, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d); FHL microfilm 1831775. |
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Residence | September 12, 1918 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 8005 Finney | 9 |
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when William registered for the draft he was living at 8005 Finney |
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Occupation | September 12, 1918 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | stopper setter at American Steel and Wire | 9 |
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When William registered for the draft he was working as a stopper setter at American Steel and Wire, Newburgh Works. |
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Census | January 1, 1920 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 8005 Finney | 10a |
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1920 Census 15th Ward of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio [Indexed as "Williams Owarke" at ancestry.com and familysearch.org]
O'Rourke, William, 45, arrived 1899, nat 1905, pourer in a steel mill "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDRY-CY2 : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Williams Owarke, Cleveland Ward 15, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 267, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821367. |
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Residence | 1924 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 8005 Finney av | 5 |
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1924 City Directory |
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Occupation | 1924 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | street car repair mechanic | 5 |
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The 1924 to 1928 City Directories list William O'Rourke's occupation as a repairman. This was evidently when he started working as a street car mechanic for the Cleveland Transit System. He held this job until at ieast 1943. |
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Residence | between 1925 and 1926 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 8005 Finney av | 5 |
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1925 City Directory |
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Residence | 1928 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9340 Harvard av | 5 |
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1928 City Directory |
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Census | April 1, 1930 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9340 Harvard | 10a |
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1930 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 15th Ward of Cleveland.
O'Rourke, William 56, mechanic, railway, born in Northern Ireland to parents born in Northern Ireland, arrived in 1900, naturalized Note: 1930 was the first US Census after the partition of Ireland and therefore the first to distinguish between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland for places of birth. "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X43D-XCB : accessed 28 Oct 2013), William Orourke, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0292, sheet , family 8, NARA microfilm publication |
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Residence | from 1934 to 1935 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 12916 Beechwood Ave | 5 |
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The 1931 and 1932 Directories at ancestry.com are incomplete. The 1933 Directory is not there at all.
1934 City Directory |
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Residence | 1935 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 12916 Beechwood Ave | 11a |
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12916 Beechwood Ave |
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Census | April 1, 1940 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 12916 Beechwood | 11a |
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1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T627_3218; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 92-398.
O'Rourke, William, head, 66, married, 5yrs of schooling, birthplace: Northern Ireland, naturalized, street car maintenance, street railroad, worked 52 weeks in 1939, 40 hours previous week, made $1568 in 1939
all but William were born in Ohio "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW56-Q5S : accessed 06 Sep 2013), Ann O'Rourke in entry for William O'Rourke, 1940. |
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Residence | 1942 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 4306 East 131st | 5 |
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In the 1943 City Directory of Cleveland, at ancestry.com, William O'Rourke's listing reads: |
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Residence | 1946 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 4242 East 126th | 5 |
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The 1947 City Directory listing by streets has William O'Rourke at 4242 East 126th. |
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Census (Head) | April 1, 1950 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 4242 East 126th | 12a |
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1950 Census Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, ED 92-558
William O'Rourke, 76, born in Ireland, naturalized, worked 40 hours last week bus repairman, city transit for William: was living in this house a year ago. parents born in Ireland. completed 6 years of school. worked 52 weeks last year for $2978. his relatives in this house made $3000 last year. not a veteran |
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Residence | 1950 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 4242 East 126th | 5 |
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The 1951 City Directory has William J O'Rourke at 4242 East 126th. |
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Residence | between 1950 and 1967 | Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | ||
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The Cleveland City Directories at ancestry.com after 1954 are not complete, so I can't tell where William was living after his wife died. But once he moved in with his son he stayed there until he went in to Jennings Hall. |
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Residence | 1954 | Garfield Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 13204 South Parkway Dr | 5 |
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1954 Cleveland City Directory |
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Death | February 20, 1967 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 13a 14 | |
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From the Cleveland Necrology files online: |
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Burial | February 23, 1967 | Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 15a 14a | |
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Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | John Rourke | about January 19, 1827 | January 21, 1913 | |
Mother | Ellen Rogers | February 9, 1836 | March 13, 1918 | |
Brother | James O'Rourke | November 10, 1872 | March 21, 1959 | |
William O'Rourke | January 23, 1874 | February 20, 1967 | ||
Brother | John O'Rourke | October 27, 1875 | March 10, 1941 | |
Sister | Elizabeth O'Rourke | March 1878 | January 30, 1962 |
Families
Family of William O'Rourke and Ann E Rodgers |
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Married | Wife | Ann E Rodgers ( b. March 3, 1873 d. October 28, 1950 ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Ellen M. O'Rourke | November 16, 1905 | August 1, 1999 |
Mary C. O'Rourke | March 25, 1907 | January 18, 1962 |
William P. O'Rourke | October 5, 1908 | February 1, 1997 |
Ann O'Rourke | September 22, 1910 | June 21, 1999 |
Theresa H O'Rourke | January 5, 1913 | March 28, 2002 |
Lucy Collette O'Rourke | March 28, 1914 | June 9, 1985 |
Elizabeth J O'Rourke | September 11, 1915 | May 8, 2008 |
Pedigree
Source References
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Irish Civil Registrations, images
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- Page: Births, #312, January 23, 1874, Ballintur, Wm Rourke
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Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
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- Page: William Rorke, Jan 23, 1874
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Ellis Island Passenger Record
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- Page: SS Alaska, May 23, 1892
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1900 United States Federal Census
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- Page: Ward 27, Cleveland, ED 144, Sheet 1B, family 13
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- Cleveland City Directories
- Ohio County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977
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Cuyahoga County Naturalization Index
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- Page: Volume 4, page 125.
- Confidence: Very High
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1910 United States Federal Census
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- Page: 18th Ward of Cleveland, Series T624, Roll 1173, page 80, ED 270, Sheet 3A
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- United States, Selective Service System: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
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National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
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- Page: Cleveland, ED 397, sheet 11B, line 56, family 12
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1940 United States Census
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Citation:
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW57-VC3 : accessed 08 Nov 2013), Joseph Salek, Ward 8, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-174, sheet 8B, family 233, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3210.
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1950 United States Census
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- Page: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, ED 92-558
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Citation:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/206098166:62308?_phsrc=tFw90&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=Theresa&gsln=o%27rourke&ml_rpos=1&queryId=8af6735fd6b18516fc1b475b82adf2f4
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Social Security Administration: Social Security Death Index
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- Page: entry for Willam ORourke (no apostrophe), 1967
- Confidence: Very High
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family information
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- Page: for location. Not given in death notice.
- Confidence: Very High
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Cleveland Public Library: Cleveland News Index and Necrology File
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- Page: citing death notice of Feb 23, 1967 in the Cleveland Press.
- Confidence: Very High
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Cuyahoga County Marriage Records
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- Page: Orouske-McCracken, 1904, Volume 57, page 345
- Confidence: Very High
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Photocopy received from Cuyahoga County Archives. Indexed as Orouske.
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