Timothy Bourke, son of Patrick Bourke & Bridget Corbett

Above: Death certificate of Bridget Florence Bourke, daughter of Timothy Bourke and Mary Ann Howard.

Above: Death Certificate of Esther Mary Bourke who died at the young age of 21 years.

Above: Death certificate of Timothy Bourke, brother of my great-great grandmother Margaret Bourke.

Above: From The Argus, July 1884- notice of the marriage of Timothy Bourke to Mary Ann Howard.

Timothy Bourke was born on December 4, 1857, at Slab Hut Creek, Bylands, Kilmore, to 35 year old Bridget Bourke and her 40 year old husband Patrick . He was baptised when only two days old by Father O’Rourke, and his sponsors were Maurice and Catherine Mulchinock.
Tim was educated at Kilmore, and moved with his family to Pine Lodge when they started farming there in the early 1870s.
In 1884, aged 27 years, Timothy Bourke married Mary Ann Howard, the daughter of James Howard and Ann O'Brien. After the death of his father in 1886, they moved to the Boosey area where several of his siblings were already settled.
In 1891 he registered the death of his niece Annie Bourke, and signed himself as “Timothy Bourke, Uncle, Boosey”. As late as 1909 Timothy and his family were still living in the Shepparton district, but the electoral roll for 1914 reveals that the family had moved to the city and were living at 23 Beaconsfield Parade, Northcote:

Timothy Bourke, labourer

Mary Ann Bourke, home duties

Patrick Michael Bourke, butcher

Bridget Florence Bourke, home duties

Annie Loretta Bourke, dressmaker.

The electoral roll of 1919 had only three Bourkes living at 23 Beaconsfield Parade:

Timothy Edward Bourke, labourer

Patrick Michael Bourke, butcher

Annie Loretta Bourke, dress maker.

Timothy's wife, Mary Ann Howard Bourke, had died in 1918, aged 61 years. His daughter Bridget died in 1915, aged 24 years, and his youngest daughter, Esther, died in 1919, aged only 21.

Timothy and his remaining family moved house to 56 Best Street, Fitzroy. The 1924 electoral roll was as follows:

Timothy Edward Bourke, labourer

Patrick Michael Bourke S.A Officer

Annie Loretta Bourke costumier

In 1931, Timothy Bourke was still at 56 Best Street, Fitzroy:

Timothy Edward Bourke, labourer

Patrick Michael Bourke, S.A Officer

James Patrick Bourke, caretaker

Annie Loretta Bourke, costumier.

Six children have been located as being born to Timothy and Mary Anne Bourke, and they are as follows:
1885: Patrick Michael born Shepparton. Died 1963, aged 78 years.
1888: James PatrickBourke b Kilmore. Died 1969, Preston, aged 81 years.
1889: Anne Loretta b Kilmore. Married John Patrick McSpeerin in 1935. Died 1975 aged 85.
1891: Bridget Florence b Kilmore. Died 1915, aged 24 years.
1893: Elizabeth Mary born Kilmore. Died 1893.
1898: Esther Mary born Shepparton. Died 1919, Northcote, aged 21.