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| Ambrose John BOURKE (1879 - 1936) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
| Ambrose John BOURKE (1879 - 1936) + Alice Oriel VENABLES (1896 - 1972) |
William Tobias BOURKE (1837 - 1891) | |||
| Rebecca Ann DELANEY (1850 - 1926) | ||||
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| b. 09 Oct 1879 at Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
| m. 12 Nov 1911 Alice Oriel VENABLES (1896 - 1972) at Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia |
| d. 20 Aug 1936 at Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia aged 56 |
| Near Relatives of Ambrose John BOURKE (1879 - 1936) | ||||||
| Relationship | Person | Born | Birth Place | Died | Death Place | Age |
| Father in Law | John VENABLES | 27 Mar 1851 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 07 Sep 1937 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 86 |
| Mother in Law | Sarah Jane CHALKER | 1873 | Bolaro, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 23 Nov 1949 | Marrickville, Sydney, Australia | 76 |
| Father | William Tobias BOURKE | 1837 | Co Tipperary, Ireland | 27 Nov 1891 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 54 |
| Mother | Rebecca Ann DELANEY | 27 Nov 1850 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 08 Nov 1926 | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia | 75 |
| Self | Ambrose John BOURKE | 09 Oct 1879 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 20 Aug 1936 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 56 |
| Wife | Alice Oriel VENABLES | 08 Jul 1896 | Rosedale, Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Wustralia | 11 Mar 1972 | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | 75 |
| Brother | Thomas Patrick BOURKE | 1872 | Tumut, New South Wales, Australia | 1919 | Temora, New South Wales, Australia | 47 |
| Brother | Fenton James BOURKE | 1874 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 1895 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 21 |
| Sister | Judith Mary BOURKE | 22 Jul 1875 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 02 Sep 1953 | Sudney, | 78 |
| Brother | William Tobias BOURKE | 1877 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | Mar 1933 | Griffith, New South Wales, Australia | 56 |
| Brother | Edward Bernard BOURKE | 04 Feb 1882 | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 10 May 1959 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 77 |
| Sister | Rebecca Ann BOURKE | 04 Feb 1884 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 01 May 1941 | Griffith, New South Wales, Australia | 57 |
| Sister | Mary Margaret BOURKE | 1886 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 25 Jan 1967 | Ashfield, New South Wales, Australia | 81 |
| Brother in Law | Patrick BUCKLEY | 03 Aug 1866 | Nimmitabel, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 25 Oct 1912 | Myalla, Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 46 |
| Sister in Law | Edith Louise TURNER | 05 Sep 1893 | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 24 May 1959 | Canberra, ACT, Australia | 65 |
| Brother in Law | Albert CARTER | 1876 | 1939 | 63 | ||
| Brother in Law | William Howard BURKE | 20 Jan 1876 | Nerrigundah, Eurobodalla, New South Wales, Australia | 12 Aug 1940 | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia | 64 |
| Events in Ambrose John BOURKE (1879 - 1936)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| 09 Oct 1879 | Ambrose John BOURKE was born | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 82 | ||
| 27 Nov 1891 | 12 | Death of father William Tobias BOURKE (aged 54) | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 12 Nov 1911 | 32 | Married Alice Oriel VENABLES (aged 15) | Cooma, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | ||
| 08 Nov 1926 | 47 | Death of mother Rebecca Ann DELANEY (aged 75) | Five Dock, New South Wales, Australia | 76 | |
| 20 Aug 1936 | 56 | Ambrose John BOURKE died | Adaminaby, Monaro, New South Wales, Australia | 82 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Obituaries
DIED FROM NATURAL CAUSES Mr H.H.Solomon, District Coroner , held an inquest at the Court House, Cooma on Friday afternoon 21st inst. Into the circumstances of the death of Ambrose John Bourke who was found dead in the woolshed at Wambrook Station late of Thursday afternoon. Oriel Alice Bourke, Adaminaby, identified the body as that of her late husband, Ambrose J Bourke who was born at Adaminaby on 9th October 1879. They had 3 children. Deceased left no property and his wife was not insured. Up to the previous day he had been working at Wambrook Station as a labourer for between 4 to 5 weeks. She last saw him alive at 6.50 on Monday morning. He seemed to be in good health. He had lately seen Dr. Coyle of Adaminaby about his leg. The doctor said that he had a varicous ulcer. During the last fortnight the deceased had complained of an awful pain in his chest – a pain which came right up his chest and almost smothered him. Otherwise he made no complaints. He last complained of the pain last Monday week. He said that after any exertion or walking uphill the pain caught him. He was of temperate habits. Frank Leslie Utber, Government Medical Officer, Cooma, deposed to having examined the body of the deceased at Cooma Hospital about 10.30 that morning. There were no external marks of violence on the body which had apparently been dead for over 12 hours. From evidence given by Mrs Bourke and as the result of his examination he was of the opinion that death was caused by Angina Pectoris. He had never treated deceased. Peter Avison Parker, Jackeroo, Wambrook Station deposed that he knew deceased during his lifetime. He had been working at Wambrook building sheep-yards. He last saw him alive about 9.30 on the 20th inst. He was then working at the sheep-yards. Witness had no conversation with him. He appeared to be in good health. He afterwards saw his dead body when Constable Moore took it away. On Wed. afternoon witness worked for an hour with deceased he made no complaint about his health, he appeared to be quite alright. Hugh C.V. Tomkins, Jackeroo, Wambrook Station had known deceased since 20th July last. Deceased never complained about his health. Witness last saw him alive about 8.50am on 20th inst. When he helped deceased saw a strainer post. He then said he was feeling fine. At about 4.45 on the afternoon of the 20th witness saw the body of the deceased in the woolshed. It was in a kneeling position over an open bale of woolpacks. He went to the body and felt the pulse. There was no movement and the body was cold. He then went to the Wambrook homestead and reported what had happened to Mr. Cameron. Edwin George Moore, Police Constable, stationed at Cooma deposed that about 8pm on the 20th inst. In response to a telephone call and in company with Const. Thurbon he had proceeded to Wambrook Station and there viewed the body of a man stated to be Ambrose John Bourke. It was in the woolshed in a kneeling position over an open bale of woolpacks with the left arm under the chin and the right arm circled round in front of the body which was quite stiff and cold. He was fully dressed except for a hat lying nearby. He examined the body and found no marks of violence or any struggle. With assistance he had the body conveyed to the Cooma District Hospital and was present when the coroner viewed it and Dr. Upber made an examination that morning. The coroner returned the verdict of death from natural causes – Angina Pectoris. Burial: August 22, 1936, R/C Adaminaby NSW Informant on death certificate: Edward Bourke, brother, Canberra Witnesses at Burial : F H Yen & E H Crowe |
| Source References: |
| 76. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find a Grave, Title: Find A Grave, Locn: https://www.findagrave.com/ |
| - Reference = https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/194565523/ambrose-john-bourke (Name, Notes) |
| 82. Type: Book, Abbr: Old Adaminaby Cemetery, Title: Life of the Dead, Old Adaminady Cemetery 2nd ed, Auth: Steve Brayshaw, Publ: Prepared from Material Collected and Researched by Steve Brayshaw, Date: Dec 2019 |
| - Reference = 4 (Death) |
| - Notes: BOURKE Ambrose John, d. 20-08-1936, Age:561r
Section: Catholic, Old Adaminaby NO HEADSTONE Obituary: Delegate Argus, Thursday 27 August 1936 Mr. H. C. V. Tomkins, Jackaroo on Wambrook Station was shocked yesterday afternoon when he walked into the Station woolshed and fomd the dead, body of Mr. Ambrose John Bourke, who had been engaged in erecting sheep yards. The body was in a kneeling position over an open bale of wool packs and was quite cold. The District Coroner, Mr. H. H. Solomon, after taking evidence this aftemoon, found that death was due to natural causes - angina pectoris. Deceased was a native and resident of Adaminaby, nearly 57 years of age. He leaves a widow and three children to mourn their loss. |
| - Reference = 4 (Name, Notes) |
| - Reference = 4 (Birth) |