James Rorke and his brother John Rorke

• Main Author: Rorke Family
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1910
• Subjects: Rorke; James; 1890-1947; John; 1885-1966; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_rorke/id/380

Cataloguer's title. John Rorke (1885-1966), son of James Addy Rorke and Mary (Wilcox) Rorke, was born at Carbonear on 17 October 1885. He worked with the family company, John Rorke and Sons, Limited. He married Cornelia Tucker and had four children: John G.W. (1921-), Elizabeth (1922), Mary (1924), Richard (1933-). John died on 9 January 1966. John's brother James Rorke (1890-1947) was born 13 April 1890. He married Kathleen Forward, daughter of Ernest Edward Forward and Tryphena (Butt) Forward, on 23 May 1917, and had three children: daughters Patricia and Yvonne and son James Ernest. He also worked with the family company, John Rorke and Sons, Limited. He died on 14 May 1947 in Carbonear. The Rorke Family Photograph Collection contains 301 black and white and 28 colour photographs of the Rorke Family of Carbonear, Newfoundland, as well as the Forward and Bemister families from that area who are linked to it by marriage. Although spanning from the 1840s-1970s, most photos are from 1900-45, showing family events, homes and Newfoundland and Labrador locations. There is also an album of photos taken while James Rorke attended the Leys School in Cambridge, England.