Ohio Families

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
Union of Kilkeel, County of Down

March 11, 1897
in Ballintur
Patrick [son of] Francis Rourke, a farmer, of Ballintur, and Sarah Rourke, formerly Brennan, informant: Francis Rourke, father, of Ballintur

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/

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.

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel. Registrar's District: Rostrevor. County Down

Death
October 28, 1913, Ballintur
Francis O'Rourke, 16, bachelor, son of a farmer, of pneumonia (duration 12 days), certified. informant: Sarah O'Rourke, mother, of Ballintur, present at death.