I am Frank O'Rourke from Canberra Australia and have been researching O'Rourke Family History. Ann O'Rourke (or Rourke) arrived in Hobart Town, Tasmania, Australia in 1855 from Liverpool with her youngest son Timothy. Shipping records indicate that she was 44 years old and her son 22 years old. Her oldest son John had already come to Australia and they both joined him in the State of Victoria subsequently.<br>Ann O'Rourke was married to Francis O'Rourke (Rourke) who presumably had died before Ann went to Australia. Records in Australia show that she died in Wandiligong, Victoria, Australia in 1880 aged 74 years. Her father was shown as Robert Erwin and her mother was shown as Elizabeth Taylor. Ann allegedly came from Leitrim but we have no idea from which town or parish. Ihave been to Ireland and visited the ancestral home of the O'Rourke's at Dromahair, but the Leitrim Genealogy Centre at Ballinamore believed I had insufficient information for a search. I would appreciate any assistance from other researchers with common links. Thankyou Frank O'Rourke 14 March 1998
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