Person:George Rorke (1)
George Rorke
b.2 Dec 1829 Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
d.9 Sep 1906 Grey, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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m. 9 Jun 1826
  1. Thomas Jacob Rorke1827 - 1900
  2. George Rorke1829 - 1906
  3. Elizabeth RorkeAbt 1832 - 1875
  4. Phebe Rorke1836 - 1916
  5. Hannah Rorke1838 - 1918
  6. Mary Ann Rorke1840 - 1903
  7. William Henry Rorke1843 - 1915
  8. Martha Rorke1848 - 1923
Spouse and Children
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m. 12 Jan 1876
  1. Louisa R. Rorke1878 - 1949
  2. Jessie Elizabeth Rorke1880 - 1950
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Facts and Events
Name[1][2][3][4] George Rorke
Gender Male
Birth[3][5][6] 2 Dec 1829 Picton, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
Marriage 12 Jan 1876 Pickering (township), Ontario, Ontario, Canadato Elizabeth Richardson
Death[1][2][7][8] 9 Sep 1906 Grey, Ontario, Canada
Burial[9][10] Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Grey, Ontario, Canada
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Elizabeth B. Boone.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Edited by Sara SHELDON (Née SMITH). Descendants of George Boone and Martha Rees. (Family Genealogy based initially upon the work of James Howard BINNS (1894-1987)).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 David Binns Book. binns.FTW.
  4. ↑ George Rorke household, in Grey, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada
    31 Mar 1901.

    George Rorke household

    The enumerator listed people's relationship to the head of the household as "Father" rather than "Head", and "Mother" rather than "Wife"

    Name: George Rorke
    Gender: Male
    Marital Status: Married
    Age: 71
    Birth Day & Month: 2 Dec
    Birth Year: 1829
    Birthplace: Ontario
    Relation to Head of House: Father
    Racial or Tribal Origin: Irish
    Nationality: Canadian
    Religion: F
    Occupation: Conveyensor
    Province: Ontario
    District: Grey (east/est)
    District Number: 64
    Sub-District: Thornbury (Town/Ville)
    Sub-District Number: J-2Household Members:
    Name Age
    George Rorke 71
    Elizebeth R Rorke 59
    Louise R Rorke 22
    Jessie E Rorke 21

  5. ↑ Editor: Shannon, Bill. An Illustrated History of Collingwood Township. (Grey, Ontario, Canada: Council of the Township of Collingwood, 1979)
    Page 311.
  6. ↑ George Rorke, in Canadian County Digital Atlas Project
    1880.

    ttp://digital.library.mcgill.ca/CountyAtlas/showrecord.php?PersonID=63789

    Rorke, George; Born -- 1829;
    Nativity -- Canada; Business -- Farmer;
    Year settled -- 1847;
    Post Office -- Heathcote;
    Township -- Collingwood;
    Atlas Date -- 1880;
    Concession and IX Lot 18, Lot Size 350;

  7. ↑ George Rorke, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
    1906.

    Name: Geo Rorke
    Death Date: 9 Sep 1906
    Death Location: Grey
    Gender: Male
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1830
    Birth Location: Proton,On [I read Picton]

  8. ↑ George Rorke, in Rorke, Richard, and Phyllis Knight Armstrong. Forty years in the forest, reminiscences from the pen of a backwoodsman, 1820-1868: a vivid account of pioneer days in early Ontario, Tecumsah Township (1820-1848), Collingwood Township (1848-1868). (Tecumseth, Ontario: Tecumseth and West Gwillimbury Historical Society, c1987)
    p. 153 and picture after page 107 .
  9. ↑ Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario).
  10. ↑ Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, in Canada GenWeb Cemetery Project: Ontario.

    George Rorke

    Photos courtesy of Bonnie Lee Breadner & Myrna White {2012}
    Indexed by Bonnie Lee Breadner

    George Rorke
    Died Sept 9th 1906
    Aged 76 Years
    His Wife
    Elizabeth Richardson
    Died Sept 22, 1932
    Aged 91 Years

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