John Bourne (abt. 1801 - 1867)

Born about 1801 in Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland

Descendants

Died 7 Mar 1867 at about age 66 in Unionhall, Cork, Ireland

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Lenny Zimmermann [send private message]

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: John /Bourne/^[1][2][3]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1801

Place: Skibbereen, Cork, Ireland^{[4][5][6][7][8]}

Death

Death: Volume 5, p. 532, Myross Parish

Date: 07 MAR 1867

Place: Unionhall, Cork, Ireland^[9]

Cause: Bronchitis, 4 months, uncertified, no medical attendant

Occupation

Occupation: Coast Guard

Date: 16 DEC 1876

Place: Glandore, Cork, Ireland

Occupation: Coast Guard Pensioner

Date: 07 MAR 1867

Place: Unionhall, Cork, Ireland^[10]

Military Service

Military Service: Appointed as Boatman at Haven Hole on 23 Oct 1835.

Date: 23 OCT 1835

Place: Canvey Island, Essex, England

Military Service: Appointed as Boatman at Rainham on 28 Dec 1831.

Date: 28 DEC 1831

Place: Rainham, Essex, England

Military Service: Appointed as Boatman at Hurst Castle on 27 April 1830.

Date: 27 APR 1830

Place: Milford, Hampshire, England

Military Service: Appointed as Boatman at Pitts Deep on 14 Apr 1830.

Date: 14 APR 1830

Place: Lymington, Hampshire, England

Military Service: Appointed as Boatman at Hamble River, England on 17 August 1825.

Date: 17 AUG 1825

Place: Southampton, Hampshire, England

Military Service: Appointed as boatman to the coastguard station in Union Hall/Union Hall, West Cork, Cork, Ireland

Date: 04 JUL 1840

Military Service: Appointed as Boatman at Kilmore, Ireland on 19 December 1820, previously at Kinsale.

Date: 1820

Place: Kilmore, Cork, Ireland

Military Service:

Date: BEF 1820

Place: Kinsale, Cork, Ireland

Military Service: Boume appointed as Boatman at Stokes Bay on 24 July 1826.

Date: 24 JUL 1826

Place: Stokes Bay, Hampshire, England

Retirement

Retirement: From Coastguard/Union Hall, West Cork, Cork, Ireland

Date: 31 JUL 1858

Place: Unionhall, Cork, Ireland

Note: #N363

Residence

Residence:

Date: 20 JUL 1853

Place: Unionhall, Cork, Ireland^[11]

Note

Note: #N364

Sources

• Source: S203 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1900 United States Federal Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Repository: #R2 NOTEUnited States of America, Bureau of the Census, Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900
• Repository: R2 Name: www.ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S272 Title: Online Resource
• Source: S450 Author: Heritage World Family History Services Title: Ireland, Griffith’s Valuation, 1848-1864 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008; Repository: #R2 NOTEGeneral Valuation of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland: Irish Microforms Ltd., 1978
• Source: S480 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R2
• Source: S506 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Cook County, Illinois, Deaths Index, 1878-1922 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Repository: #R2

Notes

Note N363Occupation on death certificate listed him as a "coastguard officer"

Note N364From: http://www.fastnetweb.ie/wmcasey/Bourne_tree.html

John was a boatman with the coastguard, joining the service sometime before 1820. He was stationed at Kinsale and Kilmore Quay. Between 1825 and 1840 he was stationed at various locations in England. On the 4 July 1840 he was appointed as boatman to the coastguard station in the village of Union Hall in West Cork and he lived there for the rest of his life. He retired from the coastguard service on the 31 July 1858. On his death cert his occupation is given as a coastguard officer, cause of death was given as bronchitis.

Family lore states he married a Catholic girl and became a Catholic. They had one daughter, Catherine, who was sent to a convent boarding school in London after her mother died. She brought home a 17 year old schoolmate Euphemia Ellis from Edinburgh, who later married her father. They had seven sons and three daughters, the sons being brought up Catholic and the daughters Presbyterians.

After John died Euphemia married John Sweeney of Union Hall on the 6th December 1870. Euphemia emigrated with her daughter Henrietta to San Francisco in 1883. In the US census of 1900 she describes herself as a professional nurse.

He had 11 children.

1. ↑ Source: #S272 Page: https://familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MFCX-P37/p1 Data: Text: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 for John Bourne CONT Name: John Bourne CONT Registration District: Skibbereen CONT Event Type: DEATHS CONT Registration Quarter and Year: 1867 CONT Estimated Birth Year: 1801 CONT Age (at Death): 66 CONT Mother's Maiden Name: CONT Film Number: 101583 CONT Volume Number: 5 CONT Page Number: 532 CONT Digital Folder Number: 4200215 CONT Image Number: 00288
2. ↑ Source: #S450 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Bourne
3. ↑ Source: #S480 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Bourne
4. ↑ Source: #S203 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: San Francisco, San Francisco, California; Roll: T623_101; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 40. Data: Text: Record for William Bourne
5. ↑ Source: #S203 Page: Database online. Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 19, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_269; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 595. Data: Text: Record for Richard A Bourne
6. ↑ Source: #S272 Page: https://familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MFCX-P37/p1 Data: Text: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 for John Bourne CONT Name: John Bourne CONT Registration District: Skibbereen CONT Event Type: DEATHS CONT Registration Quarter and Year: 1867 CONT Estimated Birth Year: 1801 CONT Age (at Death): 66 CONT Mother's Maiden Name: CONT Film Number: 101583 CONT Volume Number: 5 CONT Page Number: 532 CONT Digital Folder Number: 4200215 CONT Image Number: 00288
7. ↑ Source: #S480 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Bourne
8. ↑ Source: #S506 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Bourne
9. ↑ Source: #S272 Page: https://familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MFCX-P37/p1 Data: Text: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 for John Bourne CONT Name: John Bourne CONT Registration District: Skibbereen CONT Event Type: DEATHS CONT Registration Quarter and Year: 1867 CONT Estimated Birth Year: 1801 CONT Age (at Death): 66 CONT Mother's Maiden Name: CONT Film Number: 101583 CONT Volume Number: 5 CONT Page Number: 532 CONT Digital Folder Number: 4200215 CONT Image Number: 00288
10. ↑ Source: #S272 Page: https://familysearch.org/search/recordDetails/show?uri=https://api.familysearch.org/records/pal:/MM9.1.r/MFCX-P37/p1 Data: Text: Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958 for John Bourne CONT Name: John Bourne CONT Registration District: Skibbereen CONT Event Type: DEATHS CONT Registration Quarter and Year: 1867 CONT Estimated Birth Year: 1801 CONT Age (at Death): 66 CONT Mother's Maiden Name: CONT Film Number: 101583 CONT Volume Number: 5 CONT Page Number: 532 CONT Digital Folder Number: 4200215 CONT Image Number: 00288
11. ↑ Source: #S450 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for John Bourne

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lenny Zimmermann for creating WikiTree profile Bourne-623 through the import of Zimmermann_Family_2013-07-23.ged on Jul 23, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lenny and others.