John Rourke

Birth Name John Rourke
Gender male
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth        
Residence (Father) October 10, 1857 Corcreaghan Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1a
Event Note

John and Catherine were of Corcreaghan when their daughter Catherine was baptized.

Residence (Father) July 31, 1859 Corcreaghan Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1b
Event Note

John and Catherine were of Corcreaghan when their daughter Margaret was born, according to the transcription of the baptism records.

Residence (Father) November 3, 1861 Corcreaghan Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   1c
Event Note

John and Catherine were of Corcreaghan when their son Francis was born.

Residence from 1864 to 1887 Corcreaghan Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   2
Event Note

Griffith's Valuation, Corcreaghan
parcel 16b John Rourke, house only
he held it until 1887, then the parcel went off the books

Residence from 1885 to 1890 Drummanlane Townland, Kilkeel Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   2
Event Note

This might be John Rourke. He left Corcreaghan by 1887, but there are no deaths of a John Rourke in the area until 1890 in Drummanlane, with Kitty Rourke as widow.
Griffith's Valuation, Drummanlane
parcel 13, house office and land
1885: from William Cunningham to John Rourke
1896: reps of John Rourke

Death 1890      
Event Note

This might be John's death if he moved from Corcreaghan about 1885.

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel, Registrar's District: Kilkeel 2, County Down
Deaths
June 5, 1890, in Drummanlane
John Rourke, 67, married, a farmer, of Bright's disease (12 months). Informant: Kitty Rourke (widow), of Drummanlane, present at death

Families

Family of John Rourke and Catherine O'Rourke
Married Wife Catherine O'Rourke ( b. 1821 d. May 5, 1908 )
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John O'Rourke1846December 22, 1929
Henry O'Rourke1848April 15, 1930
Peter Rourke1850
Mary Rourke1851
James Rourke1853
Catherine O'Rourke1857June 23, 1930
Margaret Rourke1859
Francis Rourke1861

Source References

  1. Kilkeel Parish Registers
      • Page: Catherine Rourke, Oct 10, 1857
      • Page: Baptisms, Margaret Rourke, 31 July 1859
      • Page: Baptisms, Francis Rourke, 3 November 1861
  2. Griffith's Valuation of Ireland