Mary Ann O'Rourke

Birth Name Mary Ann O'Rourke
Gender female
Age at Death 92 years, 6 months, 2 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth April 25, 1880     1a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
County: Down
Births
Ballineddan, April 25, 1880
Mary Ann [daughter] of William Rourke, a blacksmith of Ballineddan and Margaret Rourke, formerly McVey. Informant William Rourke, of Ballineddan, father.

Christening April 27, 1880 Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   2a
General

Kilbroney Church Registers, Baptisms
April 27, 1880
Mary Anne [daughter] of William Rourke and Margaret McVeigh
sponsors John Fearon and Mary Rourke
note in ledger: married in the Catholic Church Rostrevor to Hugh Sloan, Killowen, April 3 1914

Census (Daughter) March 31, 1901 Ballineddan Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   3a
Event Note

1901 Census of Ireland
31 March 1901
House 5 in Ballyneddan (Killowen, Down)

Margaret O'Rourke, 38, head, housekeeper, widow
Mary O'Rourke, 20, daughter, dressmaker
Frank O'Rourke, 18, son, farmer
James O'Rourke, 13, son, scholar
Maggie O'Rourke, 11, daughter, scholar

All could read and write, all were Roman Catholic, all were born in County Down. No mention of a forge on the House and Building Return or the Out-Offices and Farm-Steadings Return.

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Down/Killowen/Ballyneddan/1236816/

Census (Daughter) April 2, 1911 Ballineddan Townland, Killowen, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   4a
Event Note

1911 Census of Ireland
house 7 in Ballyneddan (Killowen, Down)

Margaret O'Rourke, 46 Female Head of Family Farmer
Annie O'Rourke, 27, farmer's daughter
Francis O'Rourke, 26, single, farmer's son
James O'Rourke, 24, single, farmer's son
Margaret O'Rourke, 22, dressmaker

All could read and write, were Catholic, and were born in Co Down

 

Death October 27, 1972     5 6a
Burial   Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland    

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father William O'Rourkeabout September 1847August 6, 1889
Mother Margaret Rose McVeighabout 1858November 9, 1930
    Brother     Michael O'Rourke April 30, 1877 January 31, 1919
    Brother     John O'Rourke October 17, 1878 June 5, 1947
         Mary Ann O'Rourke April 25, 1880 October 27, 1972
    Brother     Francis O'Rourke January 14, 1882 November 10, 1960
    Sister     Christina O'Rourke December 22, 1883 January 1970
    Brother     James O'Rourke July 6, 1885 after November 1960
    Sister     Margaret O'Rourke February 14, 1887
    Sister     Johanna O'Rourke November 18, 1888 January 28, 1911

Families

Family of Hugh Sloan and Mary Ann O'Rourke

Married Husband Hugh Sloan ( b. December 27, 1877 d. May 11, 1953 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage April 30, 1914 Rostrevor, Kilbroney Civil Parish, County Down, Ireland   7a
Event Note

Superintendent Registrar's District: Kilkeel
Registrar's District: Rostrevor
Roman Catholic Chapel of Rostrevor
Marriages
April 30, 1914
Hugh Sloan, of full age, a bachelor farmer of Killowen, son of William Sloan, a farmer, deceased
Mary O'Rorke, of full age, a spinster of Killowen, daughter of William O'Rorke, a farmer, deceased
witnesses: Peter Sloan and Margaret O'Rorke

Source References

  1. Irish Civil Registration Records, Births
      • Page: April 25, 1880, Kilkeel, RD: Rostrevor
  2. Kilbroney Catholic Parish Registers
      • Page: Mary Ann Rourke, January 27, 1880
  3. 1901 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 5 in Ballyneddan (Killowen, Down)
  4. 1911 Census of Ireland
      • Page: house 7 in Ballyneddan (Killowen, Down)
  5. email August 2019
  6. Headstones, Kilbroney Cemetery, Rostrevor, Co Down, Ireland
      • Page: photo of grave of Hugh Sloan and his wife Mary O'Rourke, and 2 sons and a daughter in law. photo taken September 2023
  7. Irish Civil Registration Records, Marriages
      • Page: Sloan-Brennan marriage, April 30, 1914, Kilkeel, RD: Rostrevor