Margaret Rourke

Birth Name Margaret Rourke
Gender female
Age at Death more than 71 years, 11 months, 17 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth before May 24, 1829 County Down, Ireland   1a 2a
Baptism May 24, 1829 Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1a
Event Note

May 24, 1829
Margaret
parents: Felix Rorke, Alice Cull
witnesses: Jackie Cull, Margaret McParlin

Informant December 12, 1887 Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland    
Event Note

Margaret was the informant when her mother Alice died.

Census (Sister) March 31, 1901 Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland 1901 Thomas Rourke household 2a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
31 March 1901
Residents of a house 16 in Ballintur (Killowen, Down)
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Rourke, Thomas, 60, Male, Head of Family, Roman Catholic, farmer, can read and write, married, born in Co. Down
Rourke, Catherine, 60, Female, Wife, Roman Catholic, housekeeper, cannot read, married, born in Co. Down
Rourke, Felix, 28, Male, Son, Roman Catholic, farmer's son, can read and write, not married, born in Co. Down
Rourke, Margaret, 65, Female, Sister, Roman Catholic, farmer's sister, can read only, not married, born in Co. Down

none spoke Irish. Thomas Rourke signed the return.

from the house and building return:
Stone walls, slate, iron or tile roof, 2 rooms, 2 windows, 2nd class dwelling. 4 in the family. head and landowner: Thomas Rourke.

from the out-offices and farm-steadings return:
out-offices: stable, cow house, fowl house and barn

Death May 11, 1901 Ballintur Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   3a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
District of Rostrevor, Union of Kilkeel, County of Down
Deaths #100
May 11, 1901, Ballintur
Margaret Rourke, 73, spinster, a housekeeper, of senile debility, no medical attendant. informant: Thomas +his mark+ Rourke, of Ballintur, brother, present at death.

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Felix Rourkeabout 1795before March 26, 1865
Mother Alice Cullabout 1800December 12, 1887
    Sister     Mary Rourke before August 2, 1827
         Margaret Rourke before May 24, 1829 May 11, 1901
    Brother     Thomas O'Rourke before October 19, 1831 April 20, 1911
    Brother     John Rourke before December 1, 1838

Source References

  1. Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
      • Page: Margaret Rorke, May 24, 1829
  2. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 16 in Ballintur (Killowen, Down)
  3. Irish Civil Registrations, images
      • Page: Deaths #100, May 11, 1901, Kilkeel, Rostrevor, Ballintur