Ransford 'Rainsford' William ROURKE

1861 - 1939  (78 years)

• Name	Ransford 'Rainsford' William ROURKE  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Birth	2 Jan 1861	Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [6, 15, 17, 18]
  Gender	Male
  Death	17 Nov 1939	Upper Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [6]
  Burial	19 Nov 1939	Greenwood Cemetery, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada   [6]
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	William ROURKE           b. Jan 1824, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 21 Oct 1885, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age ~ 61 years)  (Father)  Jane NIXON           b. Abt 1807             d. 1871, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada  (Age ~ 64 years)  (Grandmother)
  Person ID	I17297	Carleton

  
  

  Father	William ROURKE           b. Jan 1824, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 21 Oct 1885, New Brunswick, Canada (Age ~ 61 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Frances Maria DEMERCHANT           b. Jun 1827, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 29 Apr 1913 (Age ~ 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F9255	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alberta 'Bertha' E. GRAY           b. 14 Jun 1866, Good Corner, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 22 Sep 1948, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 82 years)
  Marriage	11 Mar 1891	Good Corner, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada
  Children	1. William Lee ROURKE           b. 9 Mar 1892, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 8 Jan 1961, Augusta, Kennebec, Maine, USA (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Iva May PALMER  m. 22 Dec 1914   2. Clara Edith ROURKE           b. 20 Mar 1894, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 19 May 1965, Carleton Memorial Hospital, Woodstock, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Gurston Allen DAY   3. Harley Robert ROURKE           b. 29 Dec 1896, Mars Hill, Aroostook, Maine, USA           d. Jan 1970, New Brunswick, Canada (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Beulah Elizabeth ROURKE           b. 23 Feb 1899, Bath, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada           d. 5 Dec 1991 (Age 92 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] ▻ Thomas Arthur PANKHURST  m. 9 Jun 1915
  Family ID	F11146	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Marriage - 11 Mar 1891 - Good Corner, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Death - 17 Nov 1939 - Upper Brighton, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada Burial - 19 Nov 1939 - Greenwood Cemetery, Hartland, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  d_Rourke.Rainsford.William_Death_1939 https://archives.gnb.ca/Search/VISSE/141C5.aspx?culture=en-CA&guid=79FC7712-8384-4F69-B2F2-020F177A4256

  
  

  Headstones		Rourke.Ransford_1861-1939 Photo: Norman DeMerchant ©2018
  		Rourke_Greenwood Cemetery Photo: Norman DeMerchant ©2018

  
  

• Sources

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