Ohio Families

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
County Down
in Ballintur
May 4, 1866
Anne [daughter] of Edward Rourke, a farmer of Ballintur, and Rose Rourke, formerly Fagan. informant: Edward Rourke, father, of Ballintur

Kilbroney Parish Registers, Baptisms
May 13, 1866
Ann [daughter] of Edward Rorke, Rose Fegan
sponsors: Bernard Kilpatrick, Margaret Morgan

1901 Census, Ballintur, Killowen, County Down
Household 3
31 March 1901

Edward Rourke, Head, 35, farmer, can read and write
William Rourke, Brother, 37, farmer, cannot read
Mary Rourke, Sister, 40, housekeeper, cannot read
Anne Rourke, Sister, 30, housekeeper, can read and write

all were Roman Catholic, all were single, all were born in Co. Down.

1911 Census
Residents of house number 2 in Ballintur (Killowen, Down)
[Edward was renting out house 1]
[Edward was next to his uncle John and family, in house 3]

 

Rourke, Edward, 46, head, farmer
Rourke, John, 50, brother, farm servant
Rourke, William, 48, brother, farm servant
Rourke, Mary, 56, Female, sister, farm servant
Rourke, Annie, 44, Female, sister, farm servant

All were single. All were Roman Catholic, born in Co. Down. Only Edward and John could read and write. The property had 7 buildings on it, beside the residence. (Did this include the buildings for household #1 which Edward owned? There were no buildings listed for that household.) These buildings were: a stable, coach house, cow house, calf house, piggery, fowl house, and barn. Edward's house was a private dwelling, build of stone, brick or concrete, with a tile, slate or iron roof. It had two rooms and two windows in the front of the house. This made it a second class dwelling.