Person:Walter Rorke (1)

Walter Rorke

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m. 22 Sep 1859

Facts and Events

Name^[3]^[4]^[5]	Walter Rorke
Gender	Male
Birth^[4]^[5]	26 Feb 1869	Ontario, Canada
Marriage		to Fanny Hewson
Census^[5]	31 Mar 1901	Collingwood, Grey, Ontario, Canada
Death^[4]	1951	Ontario, Canada
Burial^[4]		Thornbury-Clarksburg Union Cemetery, Thornbury, Grey, Ontario, Canada

References

Elizabeth B. Boone.
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)).
↑ 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)
Page 153.
↑ ^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 27, ref # 637.

637- RORKE, Walter (1869-1951) his wife, Sarah Fannie HEWSON (1871-1946) Elda J RORKE (1899-1958) Sadie G RORKE (1904-1958) James L WHITE (1862-1938) his wife, Catherine RORKE (1872-1952)
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Walter Rorke household, in Grey, Ontario, Canada. 1901 Census of Canada
31 Mar 1901.

Walter was enumerated as Friends (Quaker) and a Farmer

ON GREY (East/Est) (#64) Subdistrict: Collingwood A-9 Page 10
14 82 Rorke Walter M Head M Feb 26 1869 31 Ont r Irish Canadian Friends Farmer
15 82 Rorke Sarah L F Wife M Jul 1 1871 29 Ont r English Canadian Friends
16 82 Rorke Elda J F Daughter S Jan 22 1899 1 Ont r Irish Canadian Friends