Family Card2020 - Person Sheet
Family Card2020 - Person Sheet
NameJoseph Rourke 
Birth25 Oct 1834, Rawdon, County Montcalm, Quebec1
Death3 Oct 1905, Amabel Township, Bruce County, Ontario
BurialHillcrest Cemetary, Tara, Ontario
OccupationLabourer
ReligionMethodist
FatherJohn Rourke (1800-1881)
MotherAnn Eveleigh (1805-1872)
Misc. Notes
arrived first to Amabel in 1870
Up to Rawdon, page 1014 has mentioned an ad in the Montreal paper stating Grey County as “The Garden of Eden” check papers in the 1850’s for that ad!
1871 Amabel Census
line71 Roark JosephM 35
Jane 28
Joseph M 8
Eliza F 6
John M4
Emily F 2
Up to Rawdon, page 1014 has mentioned an ad in the Montreal paper stating Grey County as “The Garden of Eden” check papers in the 1850’s for that ad!
1871 Amabel Census
line71 Roark JosephM 35
Jane 28
Joseph M 8
Eliza F 6
John M4
Emily F 2
Spouses
Birth3 Nov 1842, Rawdon, County Montcalm, Quebec
Death30 Nov 1922, Amabel Township, Bruce County, Ontario21
Burial4 Dec 1922, Hillcrest Cemetary, Tara, Ontario39
ReligionMethodist
FatherWilliam Jacob Manchester (1818-1909)
MotherElizabeth Smiley (1822-1893)
Marriage2 Dec 1862, Rawdon, County Montcalm, Quebec14
ChildrenJoseph David (1863-1952)
Elizabeth Ann (1865-1921)
John Jacob (1867-)
Emily Jane (1869-1907)
William Henry (1871-)
Erastus Samuel (1873-1957)
James Mortimer (1876-1962)
Laura Mary (1878-1928)
Benson Clarke (Vincent) (1880-1966)
Ophelia Harriet (Hattie) (1882-1957)
Albert Edward (1884-<1891)
Hiram Edwin (1887-1964)