Sarah Brennan

Birth Name Sarah Brennan
Gender female
Age at Death 81 years, 11 months, 3 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth January 29, 1872 Kilfeaghan Townland, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1a
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Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel, Registrar's District: Rostrevor, Union of Kilkeel, County of Down

January 29, 1872
in Kilfeghan
Sarah [daughter of] Mark Brennan, a tailor, of Kilfeghan, and Catherine Brennan, formerly Murphy, informant: Mark hisXmark Brennan, father, of Kilfeghan

Baptism January 30, 1872 Kilbroney Catholic Parish, County Down, Ireland   2a
Event Note

Kilbroney Parish Register, Baptisms
January 30, 1872
Sara, daughter of Mark Brennan and Catherine Murphy. Sponsors: Matthew and Mary Sloan

Residence August 17, 1893 Kilfeaghan Townland, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland Of Kilfeaghan when married 3
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Of Kilfeaghan when married

Census March 31, 1901 Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland 1901 James Rourke household 4a
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1901 Census of Ireland
Residents of a house 18 in Ballintur (Killowen, Down)
Surname Forename Age Sex Relation to head Religion
Rourke James 75 Male Head of Family, widower, farmer
Rourke Francis 33 Male Son, married, farmer
Rourke Sarah 30 Female Daughter in Law, married, housekeeper
Rourke James 6 Male Grand Son
Rourke Mary 5 Female Grand Daughter
Rourke Francis 3 Male Grand Son
Rourke John 1 Male Grand Son
All were Roman Catholic. All were born in County Down. None spoke Irish. All adults could read and write English.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Killowen/Ballintur/1236800/

Census April 2, 1911 Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland 1911 Francis O'Rourke household 5a
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1911
Residents of a house 17 in Ballintur (Killowen, Down)
ORourke Francies, 39, head, farmer
ORourke Sarah, 37, wife. Married 17 yrs, 10 children, 7 still living.
ORourke James, 16, son, farmer's son
ORourke Mary K, 15, daughter farmer's daughter
ORourke Francis, 13, son, scholar
ORourke John, 11, son, scholar
ORourke Annie Josephine, 6, daughter, scholar
ORourke William Joseph, 4, son
ORourke Thomas, 3, son
All were Catholic. All were born in County Down. None could read Irish. All age 11 or over could read and write English.
Note: I suspect that "farmer's son" and "farmer's daughter" means that they were not attending school, but were working on the farm.

Property 1920 Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland owner of parcels 1A, 1C,1Da in Ballintur 6
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owner of parcels 1A, 1C,1Da in Ballintur

Death 1954     7a

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Mark Brennan
Mother Catherine Murphy
    Brother     William Brennan 1860
    Sister     Margaret Brennan 1862
    Brother     James Brennan January 1, 1865
    Brother     George Brennan May 15, 1867
         Sarah Brennan January 29, 1872 1954

Families

Family of Francis O'Rourke and Sarah Brennan
Married Husband Francis O'Rourke ( b. June 7, 1868 d. April 24, 1918 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage August 17, 1893 Rostrevor, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   8a
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Marriage solemnized at the Roman Catholic Chapel of Rostrevor in the Registrar's District of Rostrevor in the Union of Kilkeel in the County of Down

August 17, 1893
Francis Rourke, a bachelor of full age, a farmer of Ballintur. father: James Rourke, a farmer
and
Sarah Brennan,a spinster of full age, of Kilfeghan. father: mark Brennan, a farmer
married by Matthew Lynch
witnesses: Francis Hughes and Mary Murphy

  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
James O'RourkeJuly 7, 1894April 16, 1976
Mary Katherine O'RourkeFebruary 22, 1896March 15, 1982
Francis O'RourkeMarch 11, 1897October 28, 1913
John O'RourkeOctober 2, 18991940
Patrick O'RourkeJanuary 20, 1901March 3, 1901
Sarah O'RourkeFebruary 19, 1903February 21, 1903
Annie Josephine O'RourkeJune 17, 1904December 7, 1990
William Joseph O'RourkeApril 13, 1906January 18, 1923
Thomas O'RourkeMay 30, 1907February 17, 1986

Source References

  1. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel Registrar's District: Rostrevor, Union of Kilkeel, County of Down, January 29, 1872, Brennan
  2. Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
      • Page: Sara Brennan, January 30, 1872
  3. Marriage Record of Francis Rourke and Sarah Brennan
  4. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Citation:

        http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Greencastle/Cranfield/1235855/

      • Citation:

        http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Killowen/Kilfeaghan/1236841/

  5. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Citation:

        http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Killowen/Ballincurry/246034/

      • Citation:

        http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Down/Killowen/Ballintur/246098/

  6. Valuation Revision Books
  7. O'Rourke Family, ancestry.com tree, manager: Lois O'Rourke
      • Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/913229/person/24095612859/facts
  8. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Marriages RC Chapel, Rostrevor, Registrar's District of Rostrevor in the Union of Kilkeel in the County of Down, August 17, 1893, Rourke