John ROURKE

Birth:
24 Jun 1814
County Kilkenny, Ireland
Death:
9 Jun 1895
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Marriage:
Abt 1854
of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York
Sources:
Ancestry.com
Pedigree Resource File
Internet IGI (Aug 2006)
Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915
Massachusetts Town and Vital Records 1620-1988
Notes:
                   Born on St. Johnnie's Day.

Came to America about 1845. Lived in South Boston. Moved to Seaview
(Marshfield) in 1858.
Mary GREENE
Birth:
2 Feb 1828
County Wexford, Ireland
Death:
10 Feb 1914
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
Notes:
                   Came to America in 1852 via Boston. Joined her brother in Marshfield. James
(her brother ?) had two daughters named Ellen (Nellie) and Sarah (Sadie).
Children
Marriage
1
William ROURKE
Birth:
18 Sep 1856
Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York
Death:
1 Feb 1937
San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California
Sarah Ellen MURPHY 
Marr:
2 Jul 1907
Cohasset, Norfolk, Massachuset 
Notes:
                   Became chief engineer of the water works of San Bernardino, California.
2
Patrick ROURKE
Birth:
11 Aug 1858
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
Aug 1859
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Patrick was a blue baby and died at the age of one.
3
Mary ROURKE
Birth:
24 Mar 1860
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
22 Sep 1908
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Mary Rourke received a head injury as a small child. She was invalided and
died at an early age.
4
James E. ROURKE
Birth:
27 Aug 1862
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
22 Dec 1925
Exeter, Rockingham, New Hampshire
Mary Elizabeth Josephine CAMPBELL 
Marr:
8 May 1889
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts 
Notes:
                   James became a railroad man like John his father. Station master of the
Boston and Maine Railroad, he lived in Lynnfield Center, MA.
5
Katherine ROURKE
Birth:
16 Nov 1864
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
1959
 
Marr:
 
Notes:
                   Learned the dress-making trade. Kept the family home until she died, one of
Marshfield's most respected citizens.
6
John ROURKE
Birth:
4 Jun 1867
Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts
Death:
17 Apr 1926
Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts
Mary Frances O'CONNELL 
Marr:
2 May 1891
Bethel, Windsor, Vermont 
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John Rourke - Mary Greene

John Rourke was born at County Kilkenny, Ireland 24 Jun 1814. His parents were William Rourke and Mary Common.

He married Mary Greene Abt 1854 at of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga, New York . Mary Greene was born at County Wexford, Ireland 2 Feb 1828 daughter of Patrick Greene and Mary Clancy .

They were the parents of 6 children:
William Rourke born 18 Sep 1856.
Patrick Rourke born 11 Aug 1858.
Mary Rourke born 24 Mar 1860.
James E. Rourke born 27 Aug 1862.
Katherine Rourke born 16 Nov 1864.
John Rourke born 4 Jun 1867.

John Rourke died 9 Jun 1895 at Marshfield, Plymouth, Massachusetts .

Mary Greene died 10 Feb 1914 at Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts .