Ohio Families

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

June 17, 1904
in Ballintur
Annie [daughter of] Francis Rourke, a farmer, of Ballintur, and Sarah Rourke, formerly Brennan, informant: Francis Rourke, father, of Ballintur

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.

UK, Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 (at ancestry.com)
Name: Josephine O'Rourke
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Departure Date: 9 Jul 1927
Port of Departure: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Destination Port: Quebec, Canada
Ship Name: Doric
Shipping Line: White Star Line
Official Number: 147215
Master: J Leamey

Last address in UK: Ballyinteel, Co Down

Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935
SS Doric, arrived Quebec 16 July 1927, sheet 20

Josephine O'Rourke, 21, a domestic, born in Killowen, Ireland, traveling by herself,
British citizen, Irish nationality, had never been in Canada before. government assisted passage,
Destination: Canadian Government Hostel, Winnipeg,
Relative in Ireland: Mother, Mrs S O'Rourke, Ballinteer, Killowen, Co. Down, Ireland.

departed from Belfast July 9, 1927, arrived in Quebec July 16, 1927.

UK, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960 (at ancestry.com)
Name: Josephine Orourke
Age: 27
Ship's Ports of Departure: New York, Boston, and Halifax
Josephine got on in Halifax
Arrival Date: 27 Feb 1934
Port of Arrival: Liverpool, England
Ports of Voyage: Boston [Halifax]
Ship Name: Antonia
Shipping Line: Cunard White Star
Official Number: 145937

Proposed address in UK: Ballintin Killowen, Co. Down Ireland
occupation: sales lady
country of last residence: Canada
country of intended future permanent residence: other country
[Other country means not the countries in the British Isles nor other parts of the British Empire. Those were specified as "other choices."]

1940 Census Ward 8, Cleveland
District: 92-174
Family Number: 233
Sheet Number and Letter: 8B
at 2504 Franklin

Joseph Salek, 39, born in Ohio, laborer, park project
Josephine Salek, 33, born in Ohio

Josephine provided the information. Supplemental information for Josephine said that her parents were born in Ohio, she was not a veteran, and she did not have a social security number.

Died: Dec 7, 1990, Geauga County, Ohio,
Born: Jun 17, 1904
Father's surname: O'Rourke
"Ohio, Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VKGX-S88 : accessed 05 Nov 2013), Josephine Anne Salek, 1990.

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Josephine Anne Salek
[Josephine Salek]
[Josephine Anne Orourke]
SSN: --- -- ----
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1904
Birth Place: County Down, Republic of Ireland
Father Name: Francis Orourke
Mother Name: Sarah Brennan
Death Date: 7 Dec 1990
Death Certificate Number: 28357091432
Type of Claim: Original SSN.
Notes: 16 Oct 1972: Name listed as JOSEPHINE ANNE SALEK; 22 May 1998: Name listed as JOSEPHINE SALEK