Bridget Cunningham

Birth Name Bridget Cunningham
Gender female
Age at Death about 70 years, 6 months

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1786     1a
Note

Bridget's birth year is based on her age at death, as appearing on her headstone.

Death July 1856     1a
Note

This might be the burial record for Bridget (Cunningham) Rourke, if it was recorded at all. There is no civil record for this time period.

Kilbroney Church Records, Deaths
July 12, 1856
Bridget Rorke
no other information

Burial   Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1a

Families

Family of Owen Rourke and Bridget Cunningham
Married Husband Owen Rourke ( b. about 1790 d. before September 10, 1868 )
 
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage September 21, 1821 Kilbroney Catholic Parish, County Down, Ireland   2a
Note

Kilbroney Church Records, Marriages
September 21, 1821
Owen Rorke was married to Bridget Cunningham, in presence of Thomas Sands and Elizabeth Murphy

  Narrative

I looked in the Kilbroney baptism records from January 1824 to November 1827 for other children of this couple and didn't find any. I didn't look after the baptism of Henry.

Another transcriber's records only had two children for this couple as well.

Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Francis Rourkeabout October 1822April 23, 1900
Henry Rourkeabout August 1828December 12, 1852

Pedigree

    1. Bridget Cunningham
      1. Owen Rourke
        1. Francis Rourke
        2. Henry Rourke

Source References

  1. Headstones, Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor, Co Down, Ireland
      • Page: Owen Rourke Family headstone
      • Citation:

        Transcribed from an image of the headstone:
        Erected by Owen Rourke of Ballincurry, in Memory of his Son Henry who departed this life on the 12th of December 1852, aged 24, ALSO his beloved Wife Bridget who departed this life on the _ of July 1856, aged 70 years.

  2. Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
      • Page: September 21, 1821, Marriages, Rorke-Cunningham