Family Card2020 - Person Sheet
Family Card2020 - Person Sheet
NameSamuel (Paddy) Rourke (O’Rourke) 
Death8 Sep 1845, Grenville, Ontario
OccupationPrize fighter, Irish Champion, Farmer
ReligionAnglican
FatherSamuel Rourke (?-1828)
MotherUNNAMED
Misc. Notes
heard to killed in the Rawdon woods during the rebellion of 1837, was actually murdered in 1845 by John Brady in Grenville, Ontario woods.
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/burke-j.htm
Burke was a scientific boxer of superior ability; He possessed tremendous hitting power and was game with uncommon durability; Burke was called the "Deaf Un" because he was hard of hearing from infancy
fought Samuel O’Rourke in 1837
1837
May 6 Samuel O'Rourke New Orleans, La ND 3
-The fight was stopped by local thugs
to save O'Rourke from the beating
he was taking182
Canada - 6th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, June 1st 1835 Mr Sam O’Rourke arrived to Montreal www.shipslist.com
O’Rourke was murdered in Ottawa by a man named Brady with whom he had quarreled. The event took place Sept. 8, 1845
http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/burke-j.htm
Burke was a scientific boxer of superior ability; He possessed tremendous hitting power and was game with uncommon durability; Burke was called the "Deaf Un" because he was hard of hearing from infancy
fought Samuel O’Rourke in 1837
1837
May 6 Samuel O'Rourke New Orleans, La ND 3
-The fight was stopped by local thugs
to save O'Rourke from the beating
he was taking182
Canada - 6th trip up, Quebec to Montreal, June 1st 1835 Mr Sam O’Rourke arrived to Montreal www.shipslist.com
O’Rourke was murdered in Ottawa by a man named Brady with whom he had quarreled. The event took place Sept. 8, 1845