Ohio Families

I didn't find a birth record for a Delia, but her death record says she was born May 28, 1882. There is this record of a Bridget Rodgers' birth on that day. Delia can be a nickname for Bridget:

May 28, 1882, Bridget Rogers, birth, parents: Edward and Anna Rogers, living on Harvard

"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6HQ-NVD : accessed 27 Feb 2014), Bridget Rogers, 1882.

May 28, 1882, Bridget Rogers, birth, parents: Edward and Anna Rogers, living on Harvard

"Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X6HQ-NVD : accessed 27 Feb 2014), Bridget Rogers, 1882.

1900 Federal Census, Ohio, Cuyahoga Co., 26th Ward of Cleveland.
Series T623, Roll 1257, page 177
renting at 2484 Elmo
June 15, 1900

Rodgers, Edward, head, Aug 1837, 62, M 50, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1867, naturalized, stationary engineer, married 30 years, not unemployed in past year
---------, Anne, wife, Oct 1845, 54, 10 children, 7 alive, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1870, married 30 years
--------, Nellie, dau, Aug 1877, 22, born in Ohio, forelady, not unemployed in past year
----------, Lucy, dau, Jun 1880, 19, born in Ohio, weaver, not unemployed in past year
---------, Delia, dau, May 1882, 18 born in Ohio, weaver, not unemployed in past year
McCracken, Anna, dau, Mar 1874, 26, widowed, 1 child, 1 alive, born in Ohio, parents in Ireland
-----, John, grandson, Oct 1892, 7, born in Ohio, parents also
Kelly, Patrick, grson, Dec 1885, 14, born in Ohio, father in Tennessee, mother in Ireland
Anderson, Eddie,grson, Aug 1888, 11, born in Ohio, father in W. Virginia, mother in Ireland
Fallon, Patrick, boarder, Oct 1869, 30, born in Ohio, father in Ireland, mother in Ohio, switchman
McNally, Patrick, boarder, Jan 1864, 36, born in Ireland, parents also, arrived 1887, Naturalized, married 7 years? or had been married 7 years and now a widower? information is overwritten, laborer (mill)

All old enough could read and write.

[Note the difference in the year that Edward says he arrived in the US and what Anna said. Did the census taker ask "When did you leave Ireland?" or "When did you arrive here?"]

"United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MMZF-V9Z : accessed 21 Feb 2014), Edward Rodgers, Precinct D Cleveland City Ward 26, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing sheet , family 265, NARA microfilm publication T623, FHL microfilm 1241257.

living at 2484 Elmo when the 1900 Census was taken. This became 4025 E. 89th after the Cleveland street reorganization in 1906.

working as a weaver when the 1900 census was taken

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

 

Death Record:
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Ohio Department of Health, Division of Vital Statistics
Certificate of Death

Place of Death: St. Ann's Hospital, Cleveland
Usual Residence: 9604 Harvard, Cleveland, 15th Ward
Name of Deceased: Delia O'Rourke
Date of Death: 10-2-1926, 5 PM
Female, White, married.
Husband: Patk O'Rourke
Date of Birth: May 28, 1882
Age: 44
Occupation: Housework, at home
Birthplace: Cleveland, O.
Father: Edward Rogers, BP: Ireland
Mother: Ann Cunningham, BP: Ireland
Cause of Death: Post-partum hemorrhage
Contributory conditions: Placenta Praevia
Clinical test confirmed cause of death.
'attended deceased from Sept 30 to Oct 2, 1926. Last saw her alive on O ct 2, 1926'
Doctor: S. A. Young, 8200 Harvard
Burial: Oct 5, 1926, Calvary Cemetery
Funeral Director: John P. McGael?, 8315 Harvard
Informant: Patrick O'Rourke, 9604 Harvard, Cleveland

According to her niece Lucy (O'Rourke) Hamilton, Delia was waked holding the child that she lost in her arms.

Cleveland Necrology File online has this for Delia Rodgers:
Id#: 0265446
Name: O'Rourke, Delia
Date: Oct. 4, 1926
Source: Source unknown
O'Rourke-Delia (nee Rogers)(Rodgers), beloved wife of Patrick O'Rourke, at her residence, 9604 Harvard avenue. Funeral Tuesday. Services at Holy Name church at 10 a. m.

Cleveland Necrology File online has this for Delia Rodgers:
Id#: 0265446
Name: O'Rourke, Delia
Date: Oct. 4, 1926
Source: Source unknown
O'Rourke-Delia (nee Rogers)(Rodgers), beloved wife of Patrick O'Rourke, at her residence, 9604 Harvard avenue. Funeral Tuesday. Services at Holy Name church at 10 a. m.