Born in South Carolina, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of Ivy M. Crosby
and Mary Catherine (Stone) Crosby
Sister of
Henry Allen Crosby, Eugene Phillip Crosby, Heyward Lawrence Crosby, George Washington Crosby and Clarence Kirk Crosby
Wife of
Pleasant Levan Rourk
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Mother of
George Levan Rourk and Eloise (Rourk) Vaughan
Died about
at about age 78
in Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Aug 2016
This page has been accessed 99 times.
Biography
Katherine E. Crosby was born on October 15, 1894 in South Carolina.[1] She was the daughter of Ivy M. Crosby and Mary Catherine Stone.[2]
Katherine married Pleasant Levan Rourk.[1] They had at least 3 children.[3]
Katherine died on December 31,1972[4] and is buried in Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Charleston (Charleston County), South Carolina.[1]
Census Notes
- 1900 Census: Bluffton Township, Beaufort County, South Carolina[2]
- Ivy M Crosby Head M 50 South Carolina, May 1850, Married 30 years, Farmer
- Mary C Crosby Wife F 39 South Carolina, Dec. 1861, Married 30 years, 8 children born, 6 living
- Henry Crosby Son M 19 South Carolina Feb. 1881, Mail carrier
- Eugene F Crosby Son M 15 South Carolina Dec. 1884
- Heyward L Crosby Son M 11 South Carolina June 1888
- George W Crosby Son M 10 South Carolina Oct. 1889
- Katie E Crosby Daughter F 7 South Carolina Oct. 1892
- Infant Crosby Son M 0 South Carolina May 1900
- 1930 Census: Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina [3]
- Pleasant L Rourk Head W M 47 South Carolina First married at 28 Proprietor, Barber Shop Parents born in South Carolina
- Catherine E Rourk Wife W F 35 Georgia First married at 16 Parents born in Georgia
- Georgia Rourk Son W M 16 Georgia Barber, Barber shop
- Eloise Rourk Daughter W F 13 South Carolina
- Pleasant L Rourk Jr. Son W M 4 South Carolina
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Find a Grave, database and images accessed 14 November 2023, memorial page for Katherine E “Katie” Crosby Rourk (15 Oct 1894–Jan 1973), Find A Grave: Memorial #32257878, citing Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, USA.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch, Ivy M Crosby, Bluffton Township, Beaufort, South Carolina, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,241,518.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch 1930 Census, Entry for Pleasant L Rourk and Catherine E Rourk, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina, 1930.
- ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011", , FamilySearch Genealogy Bank Obituary index, Entry for Mrs Katherine Crosby Rourk and Mrs P L Rourk, 09 Jan 1973.
Is Katherine your ancestor? Please don't go away!
Login to collaborate or comment, or
ask our community of genealogists a question.
Login to collaborate or comment, or ask our community of genealogists a question.
Sponsored Search by Ancestry.com
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Katherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katherine:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Katherine by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Katherine:
-
~3.12%
~6.25%
Julie (Roach) Johnson 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A034929 [compare], Ancestry member azpcgal1
-
~3.12%
Carol Bumgarner :
AncestryDNA
-
~1.56%
~6.25%
Kiefer Johnson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A125183 [compare]
Have you taken a DNA test? If so, login to add it. If not, see our friends at Ancestry DNA.
Comments
Leave a message for others who see this profile.
There are no comments yet.
Login to post a comment.
Rejected matches › Katherine (Unknown) Smith (abt.1895-)
Featured Foodie Connections: Katherine is 20 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 24 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 24 degrees from Maggie Beer, 46 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 29 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 28 degrees from Michael Chow, 20 degrees from Ree Drummond, 27 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 24 degrees from Matty Matheson, 26 degrees from Martha Stewart, 32 degrees from Danny Trejo and 25 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
C > Crosby | R > Rourk > Katherine E. (Crosby) Rourk
Categories: Charleston, South Carolina | Savannah, Georgia | Beaufort County, South Carolina | Live Oak Memorial Gardens, Charleston, South Carolina