Ann O'Rourke (Rourke) arrived in Hobart Town Tasmanaia Australia with her second son Timothy in 1855. Her first son John was already in Australia and sponsored / paid for their passage. Ann's husband is shown as Francis on Ann's death cerificate here in Australia and they all came from Co Leitrim - some confusion as John is shown as being born in Co Roscommon on his death certificate.<p>Ann arrived in Australia in 1855 - Her death certificate shows her father to be Robert Irwin and her mother to be Elizabeth Taylor. We assume that Ann's husband Francis must have died in Ireland befoe she then followed her eldest son John to Australia with her youngest son Timothy. Ann died aged 74 in 1880 in Australia so we assume if the records / age is correct that she was born around 1806.<p>I have gone through Griffiths Land Valuation for Leitrim but did not conclusively identify connections to any of the O'Rourke's or Rourke's. I would be grateful if anyone can assist me in finding where in Leitrim my family came from and whether there would be any baptismal records for around 1806 or marriage records say around 1822 to 1830 that might show Ann and Francis' marriage.<p>Thankyou
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