KENNEDY, Sarah ¹

   Another name for Sarah was O'ROURKE, Sarah Kennedy.²

  General Notes:

From her name and the year of Edward O'Rourke' death one must assume that Francis Kennedy was Sarah's father.

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
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.

Sarah Kennedy was recorded in 1901 living with her mother and brothers and sisters at 57 Langmuir Square Coatbridge. The census noted that she was 15 years of age and had been born in Cadzow Lanarkshire. She was a pithead worker. ^{2 3}