Person:Kate Richardson (1)

A two page letter from Kate to her sister Sarah is included in the Appendix of the book "Forty Years in the Forest: 1820-1868" ^S3 on pages 130 and 131.

1. ↑ Elizabeth B. Boone.
2. ↑ 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 Kate Rorke nee Richardson, 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. 108, 130 & 153 .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Ontario Genealogical Society. Bruce & Grey Branch; Ron Loughead; Jopie Loughead; and Owen Noble. Thornbury Clarksburg Union Cemetery. ([Owen Sound)
   Page 55, ref # 1218 .

   1218 - Rorke, William Henry (Dec 31, 1843 - April 24, 1915) his wife, Catherine Richardson, died Jan 19, 1871 in her 25th year.

5. ↑ Catherine Rorke, in Ontario, Canada. Ontario, Canada, Deaths and Deaths Overseas, 1869-ongoing. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Archives of Ontario)
   1871.

   Listed as a "Spinster Farmers Daughter" rather than the wife of William Henry Rorke. His brother George Rorke was the informant.
   
   She died of consumption according to this death registration. Note that her death occurred 2 days after the birth of her son, William James Rorke.

   Name: Catherine Rorke
   Death Date: 19 Jan 1871
   Death County or District: Grey
   Age: 25
   Gender: Female
   Estimated Birth Year: abt 1846
   Birth Location: Pickering Tp, Ontario