Robert PAGET Esq. (1758-1834)

Catherine ORME (1762-1821)

John BOURKE

Elizabeth PAGET (1796-1886)

Major-General Oliver Paget BOURKE (1815-1880)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Charlotte Sophia MOCKLER Major-General Oliver Paget BOURKE Born: 24 Nov 1815, Fahy, Co. Mayo, Ireland 2 3 Christened: 21 Dec 1815, St. Mary's Church, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo 2 Marriage: Charlotte Sophia MOCKLER on 29 Jun 1845 in Booterstown, Dublin 1 Died: 28 Apr 1880, Rathdown, Ireland at age 64 4 5   Noted events in his life were: • Military Service: Ensign in 17th (or the Leicestershire) Regt. of Foot, 11 Dec 1835, East Indies. 6 By purchase • Military Service: Lieut. in 17th (or the Leicestershire) Regt. of Foot, 27 Oct 1837, East Indies. 7 • Military Service: Lieut-Colonel, 17th Foot, 7 Sep 1855, Crimea, Russia. 8 According to Wikipedia the regiment was involved in the Crimean War during 1855. • Military Service: Major-General, 6 Mar 1868. 9 Oliver married Charlotte Sophia MOCKLER on 29 Jun 1845 in Booterstown, Dublin.1 (Charlotte Sophia MOCKLER was born about 1825 and died in Jun 1911 in Rathdown, Ireland 10.)   Marriage Notes: They appear to have had no children?

1 Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958, Marriages:.

2 Parish register, St. Mary's, Crossmolina, Co. Mayo, Birth of "Oliver Bourke".

3 Monumental inscription, Plaque in St. Michael's Church, Ballina. "IN MEMORY OF LIEUT. GENERAL OLIVER PAGET BOURKE WHO JOINED AS ENSIGN, THE 17TH REGT. OF THE LINE IN 1835. DURING HIS MILITARY CAREER HE WAS PRESENT AT THE STORMING OF CHUZNÈE AND CAPTURE OF KHELAT IN 1839 UNDER GENERAL LORD KEANE, SUBSEQUENTLY AT THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL HE HAD COMMAND OF THE 17TH REGT. IN 1854 1855 AS COLONEL BOURKE, HE WAS EXON OF THE QUEEN'S ROYAL BODYGUARD TILL PROMOTED MAJOR GENERAL IN 1873. HE RECEIVED MEDAL FOR CHUZNÈE AND CRIMEAN MEDAL WITH CLASP ALSO TURKISH MEDAL AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE MEDJIDEE. BORN NOVEMBER 24th 1815 DIED APRIL 28th 1880 AND IS BURIED IN THE FAMILY VAULT OF THIS CHURCHYARD. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS AFFECTIONATE WIDOW".

4 Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958, Death "Oliver Paget Bourke".

5 Monumental inscription, St Michael's Church (Ballina) - memorial. "Sacred to the memory of Lieut General Oliver Paget Bourke, Died 28? April 1880 aged 64 years".

6 Newspaper article, London Gazette, 11 Dec 1835.

7 Newspaper article, London Gazette 27 Oct 1837.

8 Newspaper article, London Gazette 25 Jan 1856. 17 th Foot, Major Oliver Paget Bourke to be Lieutenant-Colonel, without purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel.

9 Newspaper article, London Gazette, 23 Sept 1873.

10 Ireland, Civil Registration Indexes, 1845-1958, Deaths:.