Ohio Families

Superintendent's Registrar's District: Tuam
Registrar's District of Dunmore, County of Galway

Births
June 20, 1904
in Clondergan

Winifred [daughter of] Martin Burke, a farmer of Clondergan, and Honor Burke, formerly Toole. informant Honor Burke, mother, of Clondergan

1911 Census of Ireland
2 April 1911
Residents of a house 11 in Cloondergan (Addergoole, Galway)

Burke Martin 43 Male Head
Burke Oney 38 Female Wife, married 13 years, 6 children, 6 alive
Burke Thomas 35 Male Brother, blind
Burke Thomas 12 Male Son
Burke Marie 10 Female Daughter
Burke Winifred 9 Female Daughter
Burke Sarah 6 Female Daughter
Burke John 4 Male Son
Burke Michael 2 Male Son
Burke Mary 75 Female Mother, widowed

All Roman Catholic, all born in Galway, all old enough could read and write English. Martin, Oney, Thomas (35), and Mary could speak Irish.

SS Baltic, from Liverpool August 13, 1921, arrived New York August 22, 1921

Mary Burke, 20, housemaid, Irish, last residence: Dunmore, Co. Galway, nearest relative in Ireland: father Martin Burke, Cloondergan, Dunmore, Galway, carrying $25, never in US before, passage paid by cousin, destination: cousin Lilian Monroe, 8200 Lucerne Avenue, Cleveland, fresh complexion, black hair, blue eyes, born in Dunmore, Co. Galway

Lillian Monroe was probably the child of Michael Burke's wife Mary Mackin from her first marriage to Patrick Monroe.

1930 Census Ward 21, Cleveland
April 7, 1930
at 1416 Ansel Road
Granville Shay/Sharp household

Mary Burke, 24, servant, born in Irish Free State, parents also, unknown when arrived, naturalization papers pending

 

at 1416 Ansel Road when marrying

Declaration of Intention
February 10, 1940, US District Court, Cleveland
Mary O'Rourke
710 East 113th, Cleveland
36, housewife, white, fair complexion, brown hair and eyes, 5'5", 124 lbs
born in County Galway September 29, 1901
husband: James, born July 7, 1895, County Down, Ireland
he arrived in the US at Lewistown, Ky, August 4, 1923, and resides with me in Cleveland
three children:
Mary, [birthdate]
Winifred, [birthdate]
James, May 8, 1937
all born and reside in Cleveland

I have heretofore mad a Declaration of Intention #77009 on October 20, 1927, Common Pleas Court, Cleveland

My last foreign residence: County Galway, Ireland
left from Queenstown and arrived at New York August 22, 1921, on the SS Baltic

Signed Mary O'Rourke
dated February 10, 1940

 

1940; Census Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: T627_3230; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 92-673.
renting for $40/month at 710 E. 113th
James Orourke 42, born in Northern Ireland, laborer, metal industry
Mary Orourke 36, born in Irish Free State
Mary Orourke 7
Winefred Orourke 5
James Orourke 3

James gave the information. Children born in Ohio. Parents: 8 yrs of school. Lived in same place in 1935.

 

"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KW5T-ZPB : accessed 06 Nov 2013), James O Rourke, Ward 27, Cleveland City, Cleveland City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92-673, sheet 5A, family 104, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3230.

they were at 475 E 109th when James registered for WWII Draft

Petition for Naturalization
January 25, 1943, US District Court

all the same information as on the Declaration of Intention, plus:
adds child John T, born December 15, 1941
witnesses:
James Freeman, inspector, 9001 Kenmore Avenue
Helen Luskin, housewife, 6722 Lucerne Avenue

signed Mary Teresa O Rourke
dated, January 25, 1943

Petition granted February 26, 1943.

Her death record said Mary was living in Shaker Heights when she died.

Ohio, Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2007
Name: Mary T O'rourke
Birth Date: 29 Sep 1901
Gender: Female
Race: White
Hispanic Origin: Not Hispanic (Latino)
Residence Place: Shaker Heights, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States
Residence Zip Code: 44118
Death Date: 12 Mar 2006
Death Time: 04:00 PM
Hospital of Death: Private Residence
Death Place: Ohio, USA
Certificate: 18163
Age at Death: 104
Registrar's Certificate Number: 001063
Certifier: Physician
Referred to Coroner: Not Referred to Coroner
Autopsy: No Autopsy performed
Method of Disposition: Burial
Filing Date: 15 Mar 2006
Hospital Status: Other/other
Injury at Work: Unclassifiable
Father's Surname: Burke
Mother's Maiden Name: O'toole
Marital status: Widowed