Sunday, September 14, 2008

Thomas Kennedy Bourke, son of James Bourke & Ellen McCluskey


THOMAS KENNEDY BOURKE (above): born 1895, Boosey, last child and seventh son of James & Ellen Bourke. Thomas attended school at the Boosey North Catholic School until it closed in March 1903, and then completed his education at either the Burramine South Catholic School (most likely) or Boosey South State School.
Tom Bourke married Katherine Anne Ryan, and the couple had one daughter, Mercia Bourke. Mercia married John Brereton, and they were childless.
Thomas Kennedy Bourke worked as a hospital orderly. He died at the age of 69 years on August 28, 1964, at Preston, and is buried in the Coburg Cemetery.

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