Theresa H O'Rourke
Birth Name | Theresa H O'Rourke |
Also Known As | Tiny |
Gender | female |
Age at Death | 89 years, 2 months, 23 days |
Narrative
Theresa O'Rourke remained single. She worked as a nurse for Thompson Products (later TRW Corp) in Cleveland. She was close to the Murphys, living with them until Mary died. When she retired she and her sister Ellen lived in an assisted living development in Mayfield Heights, Ohio.
Theresa visited her relatives in Ireland in the late 1950's or 1960's.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer 31 Mar, 2002, pg. 7 sec. B Death Notice
OROURKE
Theresa H. O'Rourke, dearest daughter of William and Ann (nee Rodgers); dear sister of Betsy Sackerson, and the late Ellen Guarnieri, Mary Murphy, Ann Telzrow, Lucy Hamilton, Rita Kollin, William, and John McCracken. Visitation private. Relatives and friends are requested to meet for the Funer al Mass, Monday, April 1, 2002 at Holy Name Church, 8328 Broadway Av e. at 11 a.m. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Arrangements by the Joseph C. Schulte and Mahon-Murphy Funeral Home. (216-381-4000)
Death notice from Rootsweb file "Rich & Joyce O'Keefe Family Trees," by Rich O'Keefe, JnROKeefe@aol.com.
Events
Event | Date | Place | Description | Sources |
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Burial | Calvary Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 1 | ||
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Birth | January 5, 1913 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | ||
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Census | January 1, 1920 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 8005 Finney | 2a |
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1920 Census 15th Ward of Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio [Indexed as "Williams Owarke" at ancestry.com and familysearch.org]
O'Rourke, William, 45, arrived 1899, nat 1905, pourer in a steel mill "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDRY-CY2 : accessed 28 Oct 2013), Williams Owarke, Cleveland Ward 15, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 267, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1821367. |
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Residence | January 1, 1920 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 8005 Finney | 2a |
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1920 Census: at 8005 Finney |
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Census | April 1, 1930 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9340 Harvard | 2a |
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1930 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 15th Ward of Cleveland.
O'Rourke, William 56, mechanic, railway, born in Northern Ireland to parents born in Northern Ireland, arrived in 1900, naturalized Note: 1930 was the first US Census after the partition of Ireland and therefore the first to distinguish between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland for places of birth. "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X43D-XCB : accessed 28 Oct 2013), William Orourke, Cleveland (Districts 251-500), Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0292, sheet , family 8, NARA microfilm publication |
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Residence | April 1, 1930 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 9340 Harvard | 2a |
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9540 Harvard |
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Residence | from 1934 to 1935 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 12916 Beechwood Ave | 3 |
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The 1931 and 1932 Directories at ancestry.com are incomplete. The 1933 Directory is not there at all.
1934 City Directory |
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Residence | 1935 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 12916 Beechwood Ave | 4a |
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12916 Beechwood Ave |
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Census | April 1, 1940 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 12916 Beechwood | 4a |
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1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T627_3218; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 92-398.
O'Rourke, William, head, 66, married, 5yrs of schooling, birthplace: Northern Ireland, naturalized, street car maintenance, street railroad, worked 52 weeks in 1939, 40 hours previous week, made $1568 in 1939
all but William were born in Ohio "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW56-Q5S : accessed 06 Sep 2013), Ann O'Rourke in entry for William O'Rourke, 1940. |
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Occupation | April 1, 1940 | nurse, private nursing | 4a | |
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Census (Daughter) | April 1, 1950 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | 4242 East 126th | 5a |
Event Note
1950 Census Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, ED 92-558
William O'Rourke, 76, born in Ireland, naturalized, worked 40 hours last week bus repairman, city transit for William: was living in this house a year ago. parents born in Ireland. completed 6 years of school. worked 52 weeks last year for $2978. his relatives in this house made $3000 last year. not a veteran |
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Death | March 28, 2002 | Solon, Bedford Township, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States | ||
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Theresa H O'Rourke "Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKP9-S5N : accessed 01 Mar 2014), Theresa H O'Rourke, 2002. |
Parents
Relation to main person | Name | Birth date | Death date | Relation within this family (if not by birth) |
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Father | William O'Rourke | January 23, 1874 | February 20, 1967 | |
Mother | Ann E Rodgers | March 3, 1873 | October 28, 1950 | |
Sister | Ellen M. O'Rourke | November 16, 1905 | August 1, 1999 | |
Sister | Mary C. O'Rourke | March 25, 1907 | January 18, 1962 | |
Brother | William P. O'Rourke | October 5, 1908 | February 1, 1997 | |
Sister | Ann O'Rourke | September 22, 1910 | June 21, 1999 | |
Theresa H O'Rourke | January 5, 1913 | March 28, 2002 | ||
Sister | Lucy Collette O'Rourke | March 28, 1914 | June 9, 1985 | |
Sister | Elizabeth J O'Rourke | September 11, 1915 | May 8, 2008 |
Pedigree
Source References
- family information
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National Archives and Records Administration: 1930 United States Census
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- Page: Cleveland, ED 397, sheet 11B, line 56, family 12
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- Cleveland City Directories
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1940 United States Census
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"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW57-VC3 : accessed 08 Nov 2013), Joseph Salek, Ward 8, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-174, sheet 8B, family 233, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3210.
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1950 United States Census
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- Page: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, ED 92-558
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Citation:
https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/206098166:62308?_phsrc=tFw90&_phstart=successSource&gsfn=Theresa&gsln=o%27rourke&ml_rpos=1&queryId=8af6735fd6b18516fc1b475b82adf2f4
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