O'ROURKE, Mary

   Other names for Mary were OROURKE, Mary,² RORK, Mary and ROURKE, Mary.

  General Notes:

IThe 1881 census for Bothwell parish recorded Mary Rork living at Bellerophone Row with her family. 8 years of age, she was a scholar and had been born in Shotts parish.

In the 1891 census for 24 Crofthead, Neilston, a married woman with children was registered:

Mary O'Rourke, born Cleland, Head, Married, aged 39 years, a bleachfield worker
Mary O'Rourke, born Cleland, daughter, unmarried, aged 17 years, a thread worker (this Mary)
Margaret O'Rourke, born Clarkston, daughter, unmarried, aged 15 years, a thread worker
Henry O'Rourke, born Quarter, son, unmarried, aged 11 years, a half-time worker
Sarah Kennedy O'Rourke, born Cadzow, daughter, unmarried, aged 5 years.

The 1901 census for Old Monkland recorded Mary, aged 24 years, as a laundress. She lived with her mother, brother and sisters at 57 Langmuir Square Coatbridge. Her birth place was Cleland. ^{2 3}