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Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel #2
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
District of Kilkeel, Union of Kilkeel, County of Down
Births #490
July 13, 1881, in Lisnacree
Patrick, son of Patrick Rourke, farmer of Lisnacree, and Elizabeth Rourke, formerly Quin. informant Patrick Rourke, of Lisnacree, father.

On 10 May 1900, Patrick Rourke arrived in the United States aboard the HMS Oceanic. He was a laborer, age 19, from Kilkeel. His destination was the home of his sister, Alice O'Rourke, at 107 Van Ness Avenue, Cleveland.

[Note: 107 Van Ness Avenue became 1407 East 84th NE with the 1906 Cleveland street renaming.]

On the previous line, but scratched from the voyage, was Richard Grant, age 27, Kilkeel, headed to Butte, Montana, but without a specific person at his destination. Richard was Patrick's step-brother. He arrived later, on June 6, 1900, headed to Cleveland.

Patrick O'Rourke's Declaration of Intention

In Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, Feb 7, 1903, #16373, page 190

Summarized: I, Patrick O'Rourke, a native of Ireland, arrived in the United States on 11 May 1900. It is my intention to become a citizen of the United States and to renounce allegiance to any foreign state, particularly to King Edward VII.
signed: Patrick O'Rourke, 7 Feby 1903

There are two Patrick O'Rourkes on the UK Incoming Passenger Lists at ancestry.com for this time period. Our Patrick is more likely Pat Orourke, a moulder, age 23, who departed from New York on the Etruria and arrived in Liverpool on 19 Nov 1904.

Patrick came through Ellis Island again on 1 Apr 1905 on the SS Campania, saying that he had been in this country previously from 1899 to 1904. His destination was his sister, Mrs. McBride's at 42 Brice/Price St., Cleveland. He was from Kilkeel and his occupation was "house builder."

I didn't find a Price or Brice Street. A Bruce St became East 112th.

Patrick O'Rourke's Petition for Naturalization

In Cuyahoga County, October 28, 1905.

Summary:
Page 1: certified copy of his declaration of intention.
Page 2: In the matter of Patrick O'Rourke's admission to citizenship, witness Daniel Kane, an inspector residing at 2462 Broadway testifies to the character of Patrick O'Brien [sic].
Page 3:
Patrick O'Rourke, an alien, subject of: King Edward VII, was Born on or about: 15 July 1881, County of Downs, Ireland. First arrived in the United States on 11 May 1900 at New York on the steamship Oceanic. On 7 Feby 1903 he declared his intention to become a citizen. He is now a moulder, residing at 1607 Harvard St.
Signed: Pat O'Rourke
Page 4:
I Patrick O'Rourke swears to support the Constitution and renounces allegiance to King Edward VII.
Signed: Pat O'Rourke
Witness: Daniel Kane, an inspector, residing at 2462 Broadway
Naturalized the same day.

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A summary of the information, as transcribed from an index card record:
Patrick's naturalization information from the Naturalization Index for Cuyahoga County at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohcuyah2/nats/coarch/index.html:

O'Rourke Patrick
Address: 1607 Harvard Ave. Cleveland, Ohio
Vol. 8, -Pet. No. 2963 Common Pleas Court, Cuyahoga County, Cleveland Ohio
Born: * Great Britain July 15, 1881
Date and Port: May 11, 1900 New York
Naturalized: Oct. 28, 1905
Witnesses: Daniel Kane 2462 Broadway
Notes: *country of allegiance Soundex: O662

1910 Census, 18th Ward of Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio.
Series T624, Roll 1173, page 138 E. D. 275, Sheet 2B.
April 16, 1910
At 4023 East 93rd St

O'Rourke, Patrick, 27, married 1x for 2 years, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1900, naturalized, occupation: street railroad conductor
O'Rourke, Delia, 27, married 1x for 2 years, 1 child, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland
O'Rourke, Margret, 4m, born in Ohio

 

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, at ancestry.com
Name: Patrick Joseph Orourke
City: Cleveland County: Cuyahoga State: Ohio
Birth Date: 17 Jul 1882
Race: White
Roll: 1831775
DraftBoard: 11
Date: Sept 12, 1918
at 9604 Harvard
Occupation: shearman, Upton? Nut Co.
Nearest Relative: Mrs. Patrick J. O'Rourke, same address
Height/Build: medium
Color of Eyes/Hair: brown eyes, dark hair

Certificate of Death, #35945
June 18, 1934, 5:25 AM
Place of Death: Charity Hospital, Cleveland
Usual Residence: 4121 E. 76th Street, ["no home" scratched out]
Name of Deceased: Patrick O'Rourke
Male, White, widowed.
Wife: Delia Rodgers
Date of Birth: June 26, 1884
Age: 50 years, 11 months, 24 days
Occupation: Laborer, steel mill
Last worked: May 1934
Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Father: Patrick O'Rourke, Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Mother: Elizabeth Quinn, Birthplace: County Down, Ireland
Cause of Death: Acute lobar pneumonia, [which?] upper lobe, duration 1 week
Other significant conditions: arteriosclerosis
'attended deceased from June 10, 1934 to June 18, 1934. Last saw him alive on June 18'
Autopsy: yes
Cause of death related to occupation: No.
Doctor: Carl Ellenberger, Charity Hospital
Burial: June 20, 1934, Calvary Cemetery
Funeral Director: McGreal Co., Inc, 8315 Broadway
Informant: Mrs. Lucy Smith, 4143 East 110th

Name: O'Rourke, Patrick
Date: Jun 19 1934
Source: Cemetery record

Jun 19 1934 O'Rourke: Patrick, beloved husband of the late Delia (nee Rodgers), father of Mrs. Lucy Smith, Betty and Patricia, brother of Mrs. Michael Hussey, Mrs. James McBride, Mrs. William Haire, at the residence of sister, Mrs. Michael Hussey, 10330 Linnet Ave. Funeral Wednesday, June 20, services at Holy Name Church at 10 a. m. 1884 - 1934. Calvary Cemetery Cleveland, Ohio.