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Where did the Irish O'Rorke family come from? What is the Irish O'Rorke family crest and coat of arms? When did the O'Rorke family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the O'Rorke family history?
The Irish name O'Rorke has a long Gaelic heritage to its credit. The original Gaelic form of the name O'Rorke is O Ruairc, which means descendant of Ruairc and; Ruairc is a personal name imported by Norse settlers.
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Please remember that this page is only a small extract of our complete history that includes: - Ancient origin of the name (usually pre-1100)
- Known spelling variations
- Early movement of the family name during the Middle Ages
- Noteworthy bearers from the 1500-1600s
- First settlers to North America
- Notable contemporary bearers of the name
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The Middle Ages saw a great number of spelling variations for surnames common to the Irish landscape. One reason for these variations is the fact that surnames were not rigidly fixed by this period. The following variations for the name O'Rorke were encountered in the archives: O'Rourke, O'Rorke, O'Rork, O'Rourk, O'Roark, Rourke, Rorke, Rourk, Roarke and many more.First found in counties Cavan and Leitrim.
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This web page shows only a small excerpt of our O'Rorke research. Another 240 words(17 lines of text) covering the years 1046, 1172, and 1771 are included under the topic Early O'Rorke History in all our PDF Extended History products.
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This is a small excerpt from our full listing of settlers for the name O'Rorke. Our PDF Extended History provide the complete listing from our dbase of over 500,000 settlers!
Death and immigration greatly reduced Ireland's population in the 19th century. For the native Irish people poverty, hunger, and racial prejudice was common. Therefore, thousands left their homeland to seek opportunity in North America. Those who survived the journey and the quarantine camps to which they arrived, were instrumental towards building the strong developing nations of the United States and the future Canada. By far, the largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine during the late 1840s. These were employed as construction or factory workers. An examination of passenger and immigration lists has shown early immigrants bearing the name O'Rorke:
O'Rorke Settlers in the United States in the 17th Century
- Thomas O'Rorke settled in Virginia in 1652
O'Rorke Settlers in the United States in the 19th Century
- Michael O'Rorke settled in Philadelphia in 1868
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- Patrick O'Rorke (1837-1863), Irish-American colonel in the Union Army during the American Civil War
- Barry O'Rorke (b. 1989), Irish Gaelic football and hurling player
- Colonel Frederick O'Rorke, Commander of Gibraltar
- Sir Maurice O'Rorke (1830-1916), New Zealand Speaker of the House 1879–1902
- Brian O'Rorke (1901-1974), New Zealand interior designer
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The motto was originally a war cry or slogan. Mottoes first began to be shown with arms in the 14th and 15th centuries, but were not in general use until the 17th century. Thus the oldest coats of arms generally do not include a motto. Mottoes seldom form part of the grant of arms: Under most heraldic authorities, a motto is an optional component of the coat of arms, and can be added to or changed at will; many families have chosen not to display a motto.
Motto: Serviendo guberno
Motto Translation: I govern by serving.
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- Bullock, L.G. Historical Map of Ireland. Edinburgh: Bartholomew and Son, 1969. Print.
- Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
- Chadwick, Nora Kershaw and J.X.W.P Corcoran. The Celts. London: Penguin, 1970. Print. (ISBN 0140212116).
- O'Hart, John. Irish Pedigress 5th Edition in 2 Volumes. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1976. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0737-4).
- Fairbairn. Fairbain's book of Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, 4th Edition 2 volumes in one. Baltimore: Heraldic Book Company, 1968. Print.
- Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
- Leyburn, James Graham. The Scotch-Irish A Social History. Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1962. Print. (ISBN 0807842591).
- The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X).
- Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
- Burke, Sir Bernard. General Armory Of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. Ramsbury: Heraldry Today. Print.
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The O'Rorke Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The O'Rorke Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.
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