Family Card2020 - Person Sheet
Family Card2020 - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Rourke 
Death28 Dec 1959, Osnabrock, Cavalier County, North Dakota73
BurialUnion Cemetary, Osnabrock, North Dakota207
Occupationfarmer, board member
ReligionEpiscopalian
FatherWilliam Rourke (1813-1872)
MotherMargaret Gray (1826-1878)
Misc. Notes
went to Vermont at age 17 (1886) to work in Lumber industry and settled in Easby Township, North Dakota in 1893. Joseph his older brother came in 1898.110
Became U.S. citizen in 1890110
still alive as of U.S. census 1940
Became U.S. citizen in 1890110
still alive as of U.S. census 1940
Spouses
Death18 Jul 1943, Easby, Cavalier County, North Dakota73
BurialUnion Cemetary, Osnabrock, North Dakota4
Occupationfarmwife, Eastern Star member
ReligionEpiscopalian
FatherHans Peter Nelson (1836-1914)
MotherMarion Blexeth (1849-1924)
ChildrenGordon William (1898-1995)
Joseph Melville (1900-1978)
Margaret M. (1905-2002)
Howard Peter (1910-2000)
Olive May (1915-2013)