When Zita O'Rourke was born on 22 March 1894, in Prince, Prince Edward Island, Canada, her father, Michael Russell O'Rourke, was 37 and her mother, Margaret McMillan, was 29. She married Herman Edward Gillis on 27 May 1924, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1920. She died on 14 April 1976, in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 82.
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Kieran, Dermot, Roisin, Siobhan, Aileen, Briana, Bridie, Brigid, Cait, Conal, Conan.
Irish (Leitrim): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ruairc ‘descendant of Ruarc’. The personal name may contain the early Gaelic word arg ‘warrior’. Ó Ruairc is the name of a chieftain family of Breifne, in counties Leitrim and Cavan.
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