Ohio Families

Kilbroney Parish Register, Baptisms
Feb 6, 1861
John of James Roark and Mary Hughes
Sp: Edward Farrell and Catherine Hughes

http://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000633279#page/44/mode/1up

1891 Census Cheshire, England
RG12; Piece: 2891; Folio: 58; Page: 21;
Civil Parish: Tranmere
Municipal Borough:
Sub Dist: Tranmere Birkenhead
at 6 Croxteth Street Court

John Sloan 45, general laborer, born Co. Down
Catherine Sloan 32, born Co. Down
Bernard Sloan 12, born Co. Down
Mary Sloan 10, born Co. Down
Teressa Sloan 7, born Co. Down
Eliza Sloan 6, born Co. Down
John J Sloan 3, born Cheshire, Tranmere
Charles Sloan 8/12, born Cheshire, Tranmere
Elizabeth Killen, 55, Visitor, single, living on own means, born Co. Down
John Rourke 28, boarder, general laborer, born Co. Down
Richard Quinn 20, boarder, general laborer, born Co. Down

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next door at 5 Croxteth Street Court
Denis Sloan, 53, gauger for ships, coal, born Co. Down
Ann Sloan, 33, born Cheshire, Birkenhead
Mary Sloan, 5, born Cheshire, Tranmere
James Sloan, 4, born Cheshire, Tranmere
Ann Taylor, 64, mother in law, widow, living on own means, born Co. Down

1901 Census of England
31 March 1901
Civil Parish: Birkenhead
Borough: Birkenhead
Ecclesiatical Parish: Holy Trinity
County: Cheshire
Reg. Dist: Birkenhead; Sub-reg. Dist: Birkenhead
Ward of Municipal Borough: part of Grange
ED 12, household schedule number 256, RG13; Piece: 3389; Folio: 130; Page: 41

at 219 Market Street, 4 rooms

John Rourke, 38, ["coal heaver" crossed out], worker, born in Ireland
Mary Rourke, 33, born in Ireland
James Rourke, 8, born in Cheshire Birkenhead
John Rourke, 6, born in Cheshire Birkenhead
Wilfred Rourke, 4, born in Lanes Liverpool
Mary Rourke, 2, born in Lanes Liverpool

SS Teutonic, departed Liverpool April 17, 1907, arrival April 27, 1907

Rourke, Rosa, 37, widowed, domestic, last resided: Bootle
Rourke, Mary, 8,

Rourke, John, 40, laborer, last resided: Liverpool
Rourke, Mary, 35, wife
Rourke, James, 14, child
Rourke, John, 11, child
Rourke, Wilfred, 9, child
Rourke, Mary, 8, child
Rourke, Ellen, 2, child

All Irish, citizens of Ireland, who last resided in England. Destination of all: Cousin James Cunningham, Puyallup, Pierce County, Washington.

 

http://www.ellisisland.org/search/shipManifest.asp?pID=101946150092

1910; Census Place: Bellingham Ward 2, Whatcom, Washington; Roll: T624_1673; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0325; (at ancestry.com)
at 2738 Humboldt St
April 18, 1910

John O'Rourke 48, married once for 18 yrs, born in Ireland, parents also, alien status, street worker
Mary O'Rourke 41, married once for 18 yrs, 5 children, 5 alive, born in Ireland, parents also,
James F O'Rourke 17, born in England, lumber mill
John A O'Rourke 15, born in England, lumber mill
Wilfred H O'Rourke 13, born in England
Mary A O'Rourke 11, born in England
Aileen C O'Rourke 6, born in England

all arrived in 1907.

Washington State Death Records
Record Series: Death Records
Collection: Washington State Death Records
County: Statewide

Da Reference Number: {630C4CB5-0769-4C05-B413-ADC37A40B69A}
Image Number: 1262
Document Number: 7
First Name: John
Last Name: O'Rourke
Date Of Death: 5 Feb 1935
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Father Name: James O'Rourke
Mother Name: Mary
Batch Id: 276638
Batch Locality: Washington, United States
Death Place: King, Washington
Mother Name Gn: Mary
Spouse Name: Mary O'Rourke

http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/Record/View/B5BEECA3E818BC151BC360E01DBD98D5

(unknown newspaper)

John O'Rourke is Buried from Saint James Cathedral

Final rites for John O'Rourke, 73-year old member of St. Francis' parish at Seahurst, were held Saturday at St. James' Cathedral. ... graveside services at Calvary.

... passed away at his home at Lake Burien Tuesday, Feb. 5, following an illness of six weeks' duration.

Born in Ireland on February 6, 1862, ... spent his boyhood in the Couty Down. ... went to England when a young man and after spending a number of years in Liverpool, he brought his family to the United States in 1907 and settled in Bellingham where he lived for a quarter of a century. In 1932, Mr and Mrs O'Rourke moved to Seattle.

... a staunch Catholic ... helped make possible the erection of the Assumption Church in Bellingham.

Surviving relatives include the widow, Mrs Mary O'Rourke of Lake Burien, three sons, James F and John A, both of Seattle, and Wilfred H of Bellingham; two caughters, Mrs Mary Rothermel of Seattle and Mrs Eileen C Paynton of Lynden, and nine grandchildren.

image of obituary posted at O'Rourke Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/913229/person/6870114880