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Tierney Honora

Female 1818 - 1882  (64 years)


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  • Name Tierney Honora  [1
    Born 1818  Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Female 
    Name Hanna 
    Died 9 Jun 1882  Cascade, Olmsted, Minnesota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Buried Calvary Cemetery, Rochester, MN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I375  Bloom
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2023 

    Father Tierney Denis,   b. Abt 1776, Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jan 1856, Nepean, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Quinn Judith,   b. Abt 1801, Tipperary, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Relationship natural 
    Married Abt 1820  Nepean, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Quinn was second wife of Tierney.
    Family ID F158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family O'Rourke James T.,   b. Abt 1808, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1891, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 83 years) 
    Married 16 Oct 1837  St. Philip's Richmond Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Notes 
    • Witnesses: Mortimer (Martin?) Quinn and Mary Maher

      From http://www.bytown.net/rourkejames.htm:

      James Rourke and family does not appear in the 1861 Nepean Census.

      Here is the 1852 data:
      James, husband, aged 41, born in Ireland.
      Hanora, wife, aged 31, born in Ireland.
      They have the following children, all born in Ontario:
      John 13, Dennis 11, Sarah 9, Richard 8, Henry 6, James 4, Mary A. 2 and Judy 1.
      Also living in the house is 16 year old Nancy Tierney.
    Children 
     1. O'Rourke Anna Agatha,   b. 23 Jan 1855, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1911, Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years)  [natural]
     2. O'Rourke Sarah,   b. Abt 1842, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     3. O'Rourke Dennis,   b. Abt 1840, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     4. O'Rourke John,   b. Abt 1838, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Rochester Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     5. O'Rourke Richard,   b. Abt 1843, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     6. O'Rourke Henry,   b. Abt 1845, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     7. O'Rourke James,   b. Abt 1847, Ontario Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Paris Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     8. O'Rourke Teressie,   b. Abt 1860, Minnesota Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     9. O'Rourke Julia,   b. Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
     10. O'Rourke  [natural]
     11. O'Rourke  [natural]
     12. O'Rourke  [natural]
     13. O'Rourke  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2023 
    Family ID F150  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Oldest child in family.

      May also be Hanna.

      Another (unknown) source lists her birth year as about 1820.

      1851 Canadian census lists her as a farmer. http://data2.collectionscanada.ca/1851_pdf/e094/e002345245.pdf

      http://www.cyberus.ca/~ec089155/GENEALOGY/TIERNEY%20Descendants.htm lists only Dennis and John as her children.

      From 1880 US Census in Minnesota. Assume Norah is short for Honora.

      Name: Norah Orourk
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: <1820>
      Birthplace: Ireland
      Occupation: Keeping House
      Relationship to head-of-household: Wife
      Home in 1880: Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota
      Marital status: Married
      Race: White
      Gender: Female
      Spouse's name: James Orourk
      Father's birthplace: IRE
      Mother's birthplace: IRE

      Cemetery record:

      Township: Cascade
      County: Olmsted
      Name: NORA O'ROURKE
      Death Date: 09/JUN/1882
      Cemetery: Calvary Rochester
      Comments: AGE 83. SP. JAMES.
      Section: CC 38 37

  • Sources 
    1. Citation Text: http://www.cyberus.ca/~ec089155/GENEALOGY/TIERNEY%20Descendants.htm Footnote: .

    2. [S23] Ancestry.com Public Trees.

    3. Citation Text: http://www.bytown.net/rourkejames.htm.

    4. Citation Text: http://www.cyberus.ca/~ec089155/GENEALOGY/TIERNEY%20Descendants.htm.


  

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