O'FLAHERTY, Margaret ¹

   Another name for Margaret was O'ROURKE, Margaret.

  General Notes:

Margaret O'Rourke was recorded in 1881 by the census. She lived at Browns Land Clarkston in the parish of New Monkland with her husband, 2 sons and 2 daughters, and a boarder. Her recorded age was 28 and she had been born in Ireland. Her children ranged in age from 5 to 1.

Margaret married Francis O'ROURKE younger, (DNA Link), son of Francis ROURKE (DNA Linked) and Margaret CAMPBELL (DNA Linked), on 21 September 1874 in St Margaret's RC Church, Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland.¹ (Francis O'ROURKE younger, (DNA Link) was born in August 1848 in Ireland ^{3 4}, baptised on 2 September 1848 in Dungannon RC parish, County Tyrone, Ireland,⁵ died in 1923 in Pennsylvania, USA and was buried in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Osceola Mills, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, USA ³.)

  Marriage Notes:

Francis O'Rourke was a coal miner. He was unmarried and recorded as aged 25 years when he married. He lived at Charleton, New Monkland parish.

Margaret O'Flaherty, who made her X mark, was a paper mill worker. She was unmarried and recorded as aged 21 years. Her address was Airdrie Mill Square, New Monkland parish. Her mother was deceased.

The witnesses were Janet McGowan, who made her X mark, and Ellen Quin, who made her X mark. ²