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James Bourke

James Bourke

Born
1836-01-01 12:00:00
Died
1889-09-22 12:00:00
Gender
Male
Place of migration
Migrated to/Born in Australia

James Bourke was born in Borrisoleigh, Tipperary in 1836. Married Johanna Bourke (née Bourke) in 1857. Children Thomas, Richard, William, Michael, Patrick, Mary, John, Honora, Roady (Roger), Catherine, Hannah.  The family migrated to Australia in 1876 leaving from Glasgow on the ship Roxburghshire  The youngest children Catherine & Hannah were born in Australia.  James was a Lengthsman with the Queensland Railways & the family lived near Warwick, Queensland James died on 22 September 1889 & was buried at the Warwick Cemetery.

Associated communities

Tipperary

County Tipperary, or Tiobraid Árann in Irish, is part of the central plain of Ireland.  We are a landlocked, rural county home to mountains, rivers and lakes.  Our county town is Clonmel and we have a population of approximately 160,441. We look forward to helping you connect with your ancestors’ place of origin.

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Buildings in this community

  • Castle Fogarty

    Location: Tipperary

    Ballycahill, Thurles, Co. Tipperary, E41 YP68

  • Cahir House Hotel

    Location: Tipperary

    E21H244 TIPPERARY (Ireland)

  • Spring Mount Tipperary

    Location: Tipperary

  • St. Ruadhans Abbey - Lorrha

    Location: Tipperary

Timeline events in this community

  • 1840s

    Hogan/Murphy Emigration to St Louis

    1848-01-01 12:00:00

  • 1840s

    Irish press warns against Jamaican Indentured Servitude

    <p>The theme was always the same: the pestilential climate of the island, the reduction of poor emigrants to slaves, the severity and cruelty of the planters (and planter-dominated Assembly clinging to every vestige of oppression) and, of course, the absence of priests and chapels.</p>

    1840-12-01 12:00:00

  • 1880s

    1889 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1889-10-20 12:00:00

  • 1890s

    1895 All Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Final

    1896-03-15 12:00:00