Hi Suzanne I'm pretty interested in the O'Rourkes from Lebrina. Heritage Lilydale, which is the local history group, is working on the list of those who served in WW1 and who were associated with the Lilydale District. Loone's history of the North East lists 3 O'Rourkes and one O'Bourke which I think is a typo (there are several other typos as well). O'Rourke F O'Rourke T O'Rourke James O'Bourke Lawrence I have been able to find war service records for Terrence, James and Lawrence, but not for the mysterious F. But it certainly could be Francis Alexander. There were several other lads from the Lilydale region in New Zealand at the time of the outbreak of WW1 - apparently wages were higher there. I've not yet seen the Honour Board for Lebrina, so it will be interesting to see what is on that. The list of Returned Soldiers in the Lilydale Municipality (1923) doesn't include any O'Rourkes or O'Bourkes anywhere in the district so by 1923, they had all moved on. Cheers Catherine On 4 Jan 2015, at 10:39 am, Suzanne Griffin via <aus-tasmania@rootsweb.com> wrote: Hi Looking for information on the children of Arthur James & Elizabeth (Lizzie) (nee McSweeney) O'ROURKE of Lebrina Tasmania Arthur James O'Rourke died 30/8/1918 Launceston and Elizabeth (Lizzie) O'Rourke died 28/5/1914 Lebrina I have these children but by the gaps in birth dates I think there were more Arthur John Russell O'Rourke 5/8/1883 - 6/1948 Victoria buried 21/6/1948 Fawkner Cemetery married Lucy Catherine McGlone 9/9/1905 Church Apostles Launceston Florence Elizabeth O'Rourke 8/4/1885 named as Frances Elizabeth O'Rourke in her father's Will James Patrick O'Rourke 8/4/1885 - 4/8/1974 Queensland Lawrence William O'Rourke c 1893 listed on WW1 Digital Archive died 29/7/1916 Terence George Maurice O'Rourke 2/4/1896 - 10/2/1959 Victoria married Georgina Violet Daley 12/6/1920 Hobart When the people of Lebrina had a welcoming home gathering for Terence after the War it was noted that 4 sons of Arthur had gone to War. I suspect that Francis Alexander O'Rourke c 1890 - 1956 New Zealand is another son he also went to the War but lists his NOK as his aunt Mrs Thomas O'Rourke of Spotswood Victoria coincidently when Arthur John Russell O'Rourke moved to Victoria he lived in Spotswood also. Electoral Rolls 1914 suggest a Timothy O'Rourke also resided in the same area as Arthur James & Lizzie O'Rourke but I can't find anything on him after the E/Roll listing in 1914 I have all the information on the O'Rourke's from TROVE regarding The Premier Hotel and the Orchard they had near Lebrina etc, its mainly the exact number of children and their names I'm interested in at the moment. Thanks Suzanne ------------------------------- AUS-Tasmania Mailing List Website http://www.rootsweb.com/~austashs/ Contact Admin AUS-Tasmania-Admin@rootsweb.com Search the Archive (type AUS-Tasmania in the list box) http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AUS-TASMANIA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message