"Ernest and Arthur Pike"

• Main Author: Rorke Family
• Format: Still Image
• Language: English
• Published: 1916
• Subjects: Pike; Arthur Jr.; 1916-1985; Ernest Fletcher; 1914-1985; Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/m_rorke/id/475

Portrait of Ernest Fletcher Pike and Arthur Pike Jr., around ages 2 years and 6 months. Ernest Fletcher Pike (1914-1985), oldest son of Ernestine (Forward) Pike and Arthur S. Pike, and grandson of Ernest Edward Forward, was born on 6 July 1914 in West Warwick, Rhode Island. His aunt was Kathleen (Forward) Rorke, wife of James Rorke. He married Evelyn Thomas and they had a daughter, Karon, and a son, Ernest. He died in 1985. His brother Arthur Pike Jr. was born in 1916. He married Hope Webster and they had a daughter, Laurie. He also died in 1985. 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.