William O'Rourke
Birth Name | William O'Rourke |
Gender | male |
Age at Death | about 41 years, 11 months, 5 days |
Narrative
email received June 2019.
Wm O'Rourke's house was and still is known as Bayview cottage. Wm’s family rented out Bayview and they converted Wm’s forge into a dwelling house. His son James lived with his family in the forge, his brother Frank lived in the little cottage behind Bayview. This cottage may have been the one the McAteers lived in.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Birth | about September 1847 | |||
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Baptism | September 30, 1847 | Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland | 1a | |
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Kilbroney Church Registers, Baptism |
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Residence | from 1888 to 1891 | Ballineddan Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland | Parcel 6a | 2a |
Event Note
Valuation Revision Books
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Residence | November 29, 1888 | Ballineddan Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland | 3a | |
Event Note
was living in Ballineddan when he provided the information for his mother's death. |
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Death | August 6, 1889 | Newry - Armagh, Newry Parish - Armagh, County Armagh, Ireland | 3b | |
Event Note
Superintendent Registrar's District: Newry
William O'Rorke, married, about 40 years old, blacksmith and farmer. cause: accidentally drowned in waters of Newry Canal
Newspaper article Saturday 10 August 1889
--------- The Coroner's inquest is at PRONI
Repository : Public Record Office for Northern Ireland |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | Michael Rourke | about August 27, 1815 | February 9, 1888 | |
Mother | Alice Cunningham | about 1814 | November 29, 1888 | |
Brother | Francis O'Rourke | August 4, 1843 | May 7, 1924 | |
Brother | John Rourke | about December 4, 1844 | ||
Sister | Mary Rourke | about November 1845 | July 1, 1870 | |
William O'Rourke | about September 1847 | August 6, 1889 | ||
Sister | Ann O'Rourke | about October 1849 | November 23, 1910 | |
Sister | Elizabeth “Bessie” O'Rourke | about October 30, 1851 | January 27, 1924 | |
Sister | Margaret O'Rourke | about 1862 | April 27, 1927 |
Families
Family of William O'Rourke and Margaret Rose McVeigh |
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Married | Wife | Margaret Rose McVeigh ( b. about 1858 d. November 9, 1930 ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Children |
Name | Birth Date | Death Date |
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Michael O'Rourke | April 30, 1877 | January 31, 1919 |
John O'Rourke | October 17, 1878 | June 5, 1947 |
Mary Ann O'Rourke | April 25, 1880 | October 27, 1972 |
Francis O'Rourke | January 14, 1882 | November 10, 1960 |
Christina O'Rourke | December 22, 1883 | January 1970 |
James O'Rourke | July 6, 1885 | after November 1960 |
Margaret O'Rourke | February 14, 1887 | |
Johanna O'Rourke | November 18, 1888 | January 28, 1911 |
Pedigree
Source References
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Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
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- Page: William Rourke, September 30, 1847
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Valuation Revision Books
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- Page: Parcel 6A Ballyneddan, Kilbroney Parish, Down
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Irish Civil Registration Records, Deaths
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- Page: November 29, 1888, Kilkeel, RD: Rostrevor
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- Page: August 6, 1889, Superintendent Registrar's District: Newry, Registrar's District: Newry No 1, Counties of Armagh and Down, Deaths #475, August 6, 1889
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Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
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- Page: May 2, 1876, Kilkeel, RD: Kilkeel #2
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