Henry James (Henry Francis) O'Rourke

Birth Name Henry James (Henry Francis) O'Rourke
Gender male
Age at Death 25 years, 6 months, 8 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth April 5, 1893 Ballincurry Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
County Down
Births #408
in Ballincurry
April 5, 1893
Henry James [son of] James Rourke, a farmer of Ballincurry, and Bridget Rourke, formerly McGivern. informant: Francis Rourke, an occupier, of Ballincurry

Census (Nephew) April 2, 1911 Ballindoalty Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   2a
Event Note

Census of Ireland, April 2, 1911
Residents of a house 3 in Ballindoalty (Killowen, Down)
Byrne Bernard 62 Male Head of Family FarmerWidower, married 23 years, 8 children, 7 alive
Byrne Elizabeth 32 Female Daughter Single
Byrne William 26 Male Son Farmer's Son Single
Byrne Henry 24 Male Son Farmer's Son Single
ORourke Henry 19 Male Nephew Farmer Labourer Single

All were Catholic, all were born in County Down. All could read and write.

Immigration May 28, 1911 New York, New York, United States   3a
Event Note

Henry O'Rourke, 19, British citizen, Irish nationality, last residence: Rostrevor, Ireland. contact person in Ireland: Uncle Mr Byrne, Ballinavally , Killowell [sic], County Down. Destination: brother James O'Rourke, Colony Farm, Warrensville, Cleveland, Ohio, paid for his passage himself, carrying $47, 5'10", fair complexion and hair, blue eyes, born in Rostrevor

I think there are a few things wrong with this information as recorded. Ballinavally is probably Ballindoalty, where Henry was living with Bernard Byrne on April 2, 1911. His destination was his father James, not a brother. James was in the Cleveland Infirmary in 1910 and died there in 1917. It was also known as Colony Farm.

Residence from 1914 to 1916 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 3978 E 89th SE  
Event Note

1915 Cleveland City Directory
Henry O'Rourke laborer, r 3978 E 89th SE

1916 Cleveland City Directory
Henry O'Rourke laborer, r 3978 E 89th SE

1917 Cleveland City Directory
Henry F O'Rourke lineman, r 3978 E 89th SE

Draft Registration June 4, 1917 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States   4a
Event Note

World War I Draft Registration
June 1917, Cleveland, precinct J
Henry Francis O'Rourke
age 24, born April 16, 1893, Ross Trevor, Ireland
3978 East 89th Street, Cleveland, Ohio

a laborer for the Illuminating Company, Public Square, Cleveland. single, no dependents, no previous military service.
gray eyes, dark hair, medium height, stout build

Residence June 1917 Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States 3978 East 89th 4a
Event Note

Henry was at 3978 East 89th in June 1917, the same addresss from which his father James was waked in March 1917. James' death notice said it was the residence of Edward J. Smith.

Death October 13, 1918 France   5a
Event Note

WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
Name: Henry Frank O'Rourke
State Registered: Ohio
Death Date: 13 Oct 1918
Cemetery: Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery
Cemetery Burial Plot: Plot F Row 15 Grave 24
Cemetery City: Romagne
Cemetery Country: France

War: World War I
Title: Private, U.S. Army
Rank: Private
Service: U.S. Army
Division: 308th Military Police Company, 83rd Infantry Division
Data Source: World War I Honor Roll

Ancestry.com. WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2005.

Original data: American Battle Monuments Commission. World War I Listing; World War II Listing; Korean War Listing. American Battle Monuments Commission.

This post on Facebook identified him as from Killowen
WWI Rostrevor Roll of Honour, October 13, 2018

https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=325823691514709&id=294920587938353&__tn__=-R

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father James O'Rourkeabout February 1854March 4, 1917
Mother Bridget McGivernabout 1849June 6, 1894
    Sister     Catherine O'Rourke June 25, 1888
    Sister     Mary O'Rourke January 24, 1890 February 11, 1898
         Henry James (Henry Francis) O'Rourke April 5, 1893 October 13, 1918

Pedigree

  1. James O'Rourke
    1. Bridget McGivern
      1. Catherine O'Rourke
      2. Mary O'Rourke
      3. Henry James (Henry Francis) O'Rourke

Source References

  1. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: April 5, 1893, Ballincurry, Supt. Registar's District: Kilkeel, RD: Rostrevor
  2. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 3 in Ballindoalty (Killowen, Down)
  3. Ellis Island Passenger Record
      • Page: arrival May 28, 1911, SS Baltic
  4. United States, Selective Service System: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      • Page: June 4, 1917, Cleveland, precinct J
      • Citation:

        "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6FZ-3TJ : 12 December 2014), Henry Francis 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 1,831,775.

  5. WWI, WWII, and Korean War Casualty Listings
      • Page: Henry Frank O'Rourke, d 13 Oct 1918, buried Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery