Zita O'Rourke

Female22 March 1894–14 April 1976

Brief Life History of Zita

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.

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Family Time Line

Herman Edward Gillis
1898–1972
Zita O'Rourke
1894–1976
Marriage: 27 May 1924
joseph gillis
1927–1991

Sources (6)

  • Zita O'Rourke in household of Michael O'Rourke, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Zita O'Rourke, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Zita Gillis in household of Herman Gillis, "United States Census, 1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 May 1924Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 4

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 22

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    Name Meaning

    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.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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