Victor Ronald BOURKE
1881 - 1947 (66 years)-
Name Victor Ronald BOURKE Born 24 May 1881 Patrick's Plains, Singleton NSW 
[1] Gender Male Occupation Baker, Artist Died 22 Sep 1947 Murwillumbah, New South Wales, Australia [2] Buried Coolangatta Cemetery NSW Person ID I22 Life in the Pastlane Last Modified 5 Jul 2020
Father Archibald BOURKE, b. 29 Sep 1851, Sydney NSW , d. 25 Jul 1932, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney NSW (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Mother Hannah Barbara aka Anna Maria DRIES, b. 8 May 1854, Ravensworth nr Singleton NSW , d. 1 Feb 1935, State Hospital, Newington, Sydney NSW (Age 80 years) Relationship natural Married 29 Sep 1875 Singleton NSW Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Emily May NEAL, b. 19 Dec 1884, Brokenshaft Creek nr Orange NSW , d. 14 Jun 1971, Sydney NSW (Age 86 years) Married 9 Jan 1925 Glebe NSW Children 1. Thelma BOURKE AKA WEIR, b. 20 Dec 1920, Marvel Street, Byron Bay NSW , d. May 2018, RSL War Veterans Village, Narrabeen NSW (Age 97 years) [natural]2. Living BOURKE AKA WEIR [natural] 3. Living BOURKE [natural] Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 Family ID F14 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Living JOHNSON Last Modified 5 Jul 2020 Family ID F172 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Ron/Vic left Emily and the children about 1927 and went to Woy Way where he opened a fish & chip shop.
Thelma remembered him from her childhood being quite the entertainer, an excellent sketch artist and a good singer. He used to make toys out of cotton reels for the kids.
Thelma suggested he had a wife before Emily who was a catholic, and religion broke them up. I have never found any evidence of this.
Parents listed on his birth certificate - Archibald and Hannah.
Marriage Certificate states:
Ronald Stewart Bourke (should be Ronald Victor Bourke)
labourer
Residence: Tweed Street, Tweed Heads NSW
bachelor (untrue)
age 39, born 4 Oct 1893 Maitland NSW - all untrue. He was 52 years old.
Father: Archibald Bourke (Dec.) miner
Mother: Elizabeth Dragon (never heard of her!)
Adeline Eliza Johnson
Domestic duties
spinster, 23 years
Blackett Rd, Mitchelton Qld
Born, Blackall Range, Queensland
Father: Thomas Johnson, pensioner
Mother: Matilda Williams
- Ron/Vic left Emily and the children about 1927 and went to Woy Way where he opened a fish & chip shop.
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