Benjamin Rorke, SV/PROG 4

At the time of Catherine Lucy's baptism he worked as a storekeeper and they lived at Fort Beaufort.

BENJAMIN RORKE (b.1803) Benjamin got married in Ireland to Catherine GLYNN (b1801 d. 03 Oct 1874). He, his wife and first son came to South Africa in 1830, seven years after his 3 brothers came to South Africa. He and Catherine had 3 boys. One was born in Ireland and 2 were born in South Africa. Michael RORKE (b.12 Aug 1825), Thomas RORKE (b.1831), Charles Benjamin RORKE (b.22 Jun 1836). https://www.stamouers.com/stamouers/surnames-r-to-u/769-rorke-james

BENJAMIN RORKE (b.1803). Benjamin got married in Ireland to Catherine GLYNN (b1801 d.1874). He, his wife and first son came to South Africa in 1830 - 7 years after his 3 brothers came to South Africa. He and Catherine had 3 sons. One was born in Ireland and 2 were born in South Africa.

• Michael RORKE (b.12 Aug 1825 d. 29 Sep 1861) was born in Ireland
• Thomas RORKE (b.1831) He was born in South Africa.
• Charles Benjamin RORKE (b.22 Jun 1836 d. 23 Mar 1905). He was born in South Africa. Charles owned the farm Glen Thorn in Fort Beaufort and later he owned the farm “Ossekraal”. He married 16 Nov 1857 Sarah Ann EDWARDS (b. 22 Apr/Aug? 1836 d. 28 Nov 1916), daughter of James Edwards and Ann. They had 10 children. https://www.irelandxo.com/ireland/galway/ballinasloe-galway/message...

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• Descendants of James and Julia Rorke - First five generations rorke.htm Rorke Research - April Blakely
• 1-James Rorke
• sp: Julia
• |--2-Benjamin Rorke
• | sp: Catherine Glynn
• | |--3-Anne Rorke
• | | sp: John Henry Grimsdell (Grimsdale)
• | |--3-Michael Rorke
• | | sp: Maria King
• | |--3-Thomas Rorke
• | |--3-William Henry Rorke
• | |--3-John Robert Rorke
• | |--3-Charles Benjamin Rorke
• | | sp: Sarah Ann Edwards
• | | |--4-Matilda Catherine Rorke
• | | |--4-Richard Glynn Rorke
• | | | sp: Maria Johanna Wessels
• | | | |--5-Henry David Rorke
• | | | |--5-Frederick William Glynne Rorke
• | | | |--5-Florence Augusta Johanna Rorke
• | | | |--5-Edwin Herbert Rorke
• | | | |--5-Daniel Wilfred Rorke
• | | | |--5-Eileen Sarah Anne Rorke
• | | | |--5-Cathleen May Rorke
• | | |--4-Michael James Rorke
• | | | sp: Ruby Virginia Edwards
• | | | |--5-Michael Vernon Rorke
• | | | |--5-Thelma Victoria Rorke
• | | | |--5-Iris Rorke
• | | | |--5-Eileen Frances Rorke
• | | | |--5-Eileen Frances (Fanny) Rorke
• | | | |--5-Evelyn Glynn Rorke
• | | | |--5-Maurice James Rorke
• | | | |--5-Glynn William Rorke
• | | | |--5-Mavis Sarah Rorke
• | | | |--5-John Charles Rorke
• | | |--4-Henry Benjamin Rorke
• | | |--4-Albert Charles Rorke
• | | | sp: Sally Bryant
• | | | |--5-Dorothy Gordon
• | | |--4-Ernest Robert Rorke
• | | | sp: Ethelene Blanche Thomas
• | | | |--5-Verna Wilfred Rorke
• | | | |--5-Sydney Gordon Rorke
• | | | |--5-Thyra Beatrice Rorke
• | | |--4-Florence Anne Rorke
• | | | sp: Henry (Harry) Harington
• | | | |--5-Charles Harington
• | | | |--5-Alfred Harington
• | | | |--5-Kathleen Harington
• | | | |--5-John Harington
• | | | |--5-Theresa Harington
• | | | |--5-Leonard Harington
• | | | |--5-Claude Harington
• | | | |--5-Florence Harington
• | | | |--5-Evelyn Harington
• | | | |--5-Patricia Harington
• | | | |--5-Quentin Harington
• | | | |--5-Margaret Harington
• | | | |--5-Henry Harington
• | | | |--5-Hubert Harington
• | | | |--5-Sheila Harington
• | | |--4-Fanny Eliza Amelia Rorke
• | | | sp: John (Jack) Horrocks
• | | | |--5-Victor Horrocks
• | | | |--5-Jack Horrocks
• | | | |--5-Ann Horrocks
• | | | |--5-Wiliam Horrocks
• | | | |--5-Michael Horrocks
• | | |--4-William Alfred Rorke
• | | | sp: Unknown
• | | | |--5-Sidney Loepold Rorke
• | | | |--5-Gladys Frances May Rorke
• | | |--4-Alice Rhoda Rorke
• | | sp: Francis Herbert Nunns
• | | |--5-Francis Herbert Nunns
• | | |--5-Constance Nunns
• | | |--5-Wendeline Nunns
• | | sp: Eric McDonald
• | |--3-Catherine Lucy Rorke
• | sp: Dawson
• |--2-James Rorke
• | sp: Unknown
• | |--3-James Alfred Rorke
• | sp: Sara Johanna Strydom
• | |--4-Louisa Matilda Natalian Rorke
• | | sp: Henry Carter
• | | |--5-Natalie Louise Minerva Carter
• | |--4-James Alfred Rorke
• |--2-John Rorke
• | sp: Jane
• | |--3-James Rorke
• | |--3-William Rorke
• | sp: Ann Walsh
• | |--4-Sarah Rorke
• | |--4-Maria Rorke
• | |--4-Fanny Rorke
• | |--4-David Rorke
• | | sp: Kate Grady
• | | |--5-James Rorke
• | | |--5-Kathleen Rorke
• | |--4-Elizabeth Lilian Rorke
• | | sp: James Joseph Johnston
• | | |--5-Sarah Ann Johnston
• | | |--5-William Rorke Johnston
• | | |--5-Frances Eileen Johnston
• | | |--5-Maria Josephine Johnston
• | | |--5-Donald Joseph Mcness Johnston
• | | |--5-Henrietta Johnston
• | |--4-Plus 6 Other Children Rorke
• | sp: Mary Eleanor Cunningham (Nee Murphy)
• |--2-Michael Rorke, Captain
• | sp: Sarah Forrester
• | |--3-Elizabeth (Eliza) Rorke
• | | sp: Alfred Richard Peacocke
• | | |--4-Alfred Richard Peacocke
• | | |--4-Glynne Albert Peacocke
• | | | sp: Adeline Hannah Rubidge
• | | | |--5-Norah Agnes Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Alfreda Emily Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Arthur Rubidge Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Hilda Anna Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Cecille May Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Walter Neville Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Gladys Annie Henrietta Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Eric Forrester Peacocke
• | | | |--5-Millicent Ada Peacocke
• | | |--4-Ferdinand Norman Peacocke
• | | |--4-Emily Frances Alma Peacocke
• | | | sp: Harry Hemmington
• | | |--4-Zaidee Norah Sarah Jane Peacocke
• | | sp: Mortimer Sydney Pote
• | | |--5-Sydney Charles Arthur Pote
• | | |--5-Pote
• | | |--5-Pote
• | | |--5-Pote
• | | sp: George Edward Joseph
• | | |--4-Frank Richard Joseph
• | | |--4-Percy William Joseph
• | | |--4-Henry Walter Joseph
• | |--3-Thomas James Rorke
• | | sp: Lydia Oswald Shepperson
• | | |--4-Alice Martha Oswald Rorke
• | | | sp: Thomas William Molony
• | | | |--5-John Molony
• | | | |--5-Robert William Molony
• | | | |--5-Alfred Thomas Molony
• | | | |--5-George Owen Molony
• | | | |--5-Ivon Molony
• | | | |--5-Lydia Mary Ann Molony
• | | | |--5-Frank Molony
• | | | |--5-Alice Molony
• | | | |--5-Agnes Ivy Molony
• | | | sp: Henry Hartley
• | | |--4-Sara Agnes Oswald Rorke
• | | |--4-Edith Oswald Rorke
• | | | sp: Alfred Distin Soundy
• | | |--4-Evan Oswald Rorke
• | | sp: Edith Mabel Jack
• | | |--5-Cecil Oswald Rorke
• | |--3-Catherine Mary Rorke
• | |--3-Richard Forrester Rorke
• | | sp: Caroline Margaret Holliday
• | | |--4-Charles Forrester Rorke
• | | |--4-Sarah Florence Mary Rorke
• | | | sp: Frederick Howe Ely
• | | | |--5-Frederick Howe Ely
• | | | |--5-Francis Howe Ely
• | | | |--5-Peral Howe Ely
• | | |--4-Richard Frank Rorke
• | | | sp: Mary Owen Lishman
• | | | |--5-Francis Charles Rorke
• | | | |--5-Owen Forrester Rorke
• | | |--4-Charles Frederick Rorke
• | | | sp: Margaret Fullerton
• | | | |--5-Elizabeth Margaret Fullerton Rorke
• | | |--4-Reginald Thomas Rorke
• | | | sp: Johanna Dorothea Dreyer
• | | | |--5-Richard Rorke
• | | | |--5-John Reginald Rorke
• | | |--4-Edward Forrester Rorke
• | | | sp: Elizabeth Florence Natalie Von Gorkum
• | | | |--5-Richard Forreter Edward Rorke
• | | | |--5-William Frederick Rudolph Rorke
• | | | |--5-Sarah Jane Rorke
• | | | |--5-Kathleen Caroline Rorke
• | | | |--5-Arthur Kenelly Rorke
• | | | |--5-Ruth Rorke
• | | | |--5-Patrick Rorke
• | | |--4-Alice Elizabeth Rorke
• | | | sp: William Moss Eustace
• | | | |--5-Norah Eustace
• | | | |--5-Terence Eustace
• | | | |--5-Mona Eustace
• | | | |--5-Kathleen Eustace
• | | |--4-Jane Rorke
• | |--3-John Rorke
• | | sp: Mary Niland
• | | |--4-Ida Rorke
• | | |--4-Frederic Niland Rorke
• | | | sp: Melina Da Fonseca
• | | | |--5-Edgar Niland Rorke
• | | | |--5-Rorke
• | | | |--5-Rorke
• | | | sp: Elsie F. Diack
• | | | |--5-Elsie Rorke
• | | |--4-Minnie Ruth Rorke
• | | | sp: John Frederick Jenner Tayler
• | | | |--5-Madelaine Violet Tayler
• | | | |--5-Irene Mary Tayler
• | | | |--5-Edward Sparmenter Tayler
• | | | |--5-Norah Niland Tayler
• | | | |--5-Cyprian Churchill Tayler
• | | | |--5-Margaret Primrose Tayler
• | | |--4-Mary Hilda Rorke
• | | | sp: William Hall Balfour
• | | | |--5-Mary Marjorie Balfour
• | | | |--5-Freda Hope (Madge) Balfour
• | | | |--5-Peter Forrester Balfour
• | | | |--5-Patricia O'ruarc Balfour
• | | |--4-Eilie Grace Rorke
• | | | sp: Arthur Ashworth Bradley
• | | | |--5-Edward Gilbert Niland Bradley
• | | |--4-Nora Kathleen Rorke
• | | |--4-John Rorke
• | | sp: Helen Sarah Hope
• | | |--4-Hereford Hope Rorke
• | | sp: Harriet Gladys Armstrong
• | | |--5-Francis Niland Rorke
• | | |--5-Patricia Hope Rorke
• | | |--5-Sheila Hope Rorke
• | | |--5-Michael Neil Hope Rorke, Lt.
• | |--3-Sarah Ann Rorke
• | | sp: Henry Blackmore
• | | |--4-Ella Louisa Mary Blackmore
• | | | sp: Robert Kettles
• | | | |--5-Irene May Kettles
• | | | |--5-Clarence Fitz-Roy Kettles
• | | | |--5-Ethel Claire Kettles
• | | | |--5-Doris Merle Kettles
• | | |--4-Henry Donald George Blackmore
• | | | sp: Caroline Margaret Jeppe
• | | |--4-Maud Jane Blackmore
• | | sp: Daniel Robert Kettles
• | | |--5-Henry (Harry) Robert Kettles
• | |--3-William Benjamin Rorke
• | | sp: Selina Martha Leppan
• | | |--4-Heloise Selma Rorke
• | | | sp: Buckland
• | | |--4-William Forrester Leppan Rorke
• | | |--4-Henry Vyvyan Rorke
• | | | sp: Edith Rose Norton
• | | | sp: Ethel May Courtney
• | | | |--5-Shirley Courtney Rorke
• | | | |--5-Wilfred Bevan Vyvyan Rorke
• | | | |--5-Douglas Bevan Rorke
• | | |--4-Claude Oriel Rorke
• | | | sp: Kathleen Elizabeth Jeannette Rocher
• | | | |--5-William Buckland Rorke
• | | | |--5-Bryan Oriel Rorke
• | | |--4-Verdale Oliver Lawrence Leppan Rorke
• | | sp: Mabel Georgina Jane Puzey
• | | |--5-Verdale Murray Rorke
• | |--3-Lydia Margaret Rorke
• | | sp: Joseph Henry Pearson
• | |--3-Mathew Joseph Rorke
• | | sp: Louisa Anne Leppan
• | | |--4-May Inez Louisa Rorke
• | | | sp: Sidney Webb
• | | |--4-George Glynne Henry Ernest Rorke
• | | |--4-Sarah Maude Rorke
• | | sp: Harwood Webb
• | | |--5-Ivy Louisa Webb
• | | |--5-Cecil Henry Webb
• | | |--5-Leslie Rorke Webb
• | | |--5-Olive Emma Webb
• | | sp: Susanna Josina Bosch
• | |--3-Michael Henry Rorke
• | |--3-Deborah Jane Rorke
• | |--3-Robert Glyn Rorke
• | |--3-Catherine Mary (Katie) Rorke
• | sp: John James Grindley-Ferris
• | |--4-Ivon Grindley-Ferris
• | sp: Elizabeth Bedford Blake
• | |--5-Ivon Lytton Grindley-Ferris
• |--2-Thomas Rorke
• sp: Unknown
• |--3-Mary Ann Rorke
• sp: John Molony
• |--4-Molony
• |--4-Molony
• |--4-Thomas William Molony
• sp: Alice Martha Oswald Rorke
• |--5-John Molony
• |--5-Robert William Molony
• |--5-Alfred Thomas Molony
• |--5-George Owen Molony
• |--5-Ivon Molony
• |--5-Lydia Mary Ann Molony
• |--5-Frank Molony
• |--5-Alice Molony
• |--5-Agnes Ivy Molony