In 1892, John and Mary McBRIDE lived at 208 E 9th, Cheyenne, Wyoming. --city directory, 1892.
In 1900, William L McBRIDE, 16, lived with his parents in Phelps county, Missouri. The family comprised: John McBRIDE, 51, b Feb 1849 Ireland, married 23 years, owns and farms, no mortgage; wife Mary, b Jan 1856 Ireland, immig 1881, six births, 5 living; son James J, b Sep 1878 Ireland; son John P, b Apr 1882 WY; son William L, b Nov 1883 WY; Thomas L, b Jul 1885 WY; dau Mary E, b Sep 1891 WY; and mother-in-law Mary WYNNE, b 1820, widowed, 1 birth. --7 Jun 1900, Rolla twp, ED107 p3B.
John McBRIDE died about Nov 1907 in Phelps Co MO. His will, dated 3 Jun 1907, names his children, specifies the homestead near Rolla MO, and was witnssed by Flossie WYNN [probably a sister-in-law].
In 1910, William McBRIDE, 25 WY, was a sawmill worker, living in Spokane. --3 May 1910 Spokane ward 2, ED163 p14A [98]. William L McBRIDE married Cora O'RORKE on 8 Jan 1912 at St Thomas parish, Coeur d'Alene.
On 11 Sep 1918, William Lawrence McBRIDE enrolled for the military draft at Bonners Ferry. He lived at 719 W Garden, Cd'A, with Cora, and was a locomotive engineer on the Spokane Int'l Railway.
In 1920, William and Cora lived with Cora's parents at 719 W Garden Ave, Cd'A. The family comprised: Eugene O'RORKE, 66 MI (parents b Ireland), boat builder, own home without mortgage; wife Anna, 58 Canada (parents b Ireland), immigrated 1885; son Bartley C, 28 MI, motorman in mine; dau Veronica E P, 19 WI; son-in-law William L McBRIDE, 35 WY (parents b Ireland), railroad fireman; daughter, Cora G McBRIDE, 32 WI; grandson William J McBRIDE, 6 ID. --10 Jan 1920 Cd'A ward 1, ED204 p7B. Mary Muriel '39 McBRIDE was born in this home on 29 Sep 1920.
In 1926, William and Cora moved the family to Bridesville, British Columbia, where they farmed until 1945.
from 1934 to 1939, Mary was a boarding student at IHM Academy, Cd'A.
On 15 October 1945, William (age 61y 11mo, 6'0"), and Cora McBRIDE left Bridesville BC and returned to the US to reside permanently, joining their daughter Mary '39 McBRIDE at Cd'A. William reported his birth as 4 Nov 1883 in Cheyenne WY. --Border crossing manifest, Laurier WA
William L McBRIDE, born 11 Nov 1883, died 17 Mar 1955 at Cd'A. Cora, b Oct 1887, died 21 Nov 1956. Both are buried in St Thomas cemetery.
In 1900, the O'RORKE family lived in Marinette county, Wisconsin, and comprised: Eugene O'RORKE, 46, b Jun 1853 CAN, married 14 years, immigrated 1880, naturalized; wife Anna (GOODYEAR), 36, b Mar 1864 CAN, 4 births and living children, immigrated 1880; daughter Cora, 12, b Oct 1887 WI; son Raymond, 10, b Dec 1889 MI; son Bartley, 9, b Mar 1891 MI; daughter Veronica, 8mo, b Oct 1899 WI. --20 Jun 1900, Amberg twp, Marinette Co WI ED126 p11B
On 26 Jun 1906, Anna O'RORKE obtained patent on 2.21 acres (lot 38) in Kootenai County, in the Fort Grounds area.
On 4 Nov 1909, Eugene O'RORKE obtained patent to 138.65 acres in Kootenai county, on the SE corner of Hayden Lake.
In 1910, the O'RORKE family lived at 17 W Foster Ave, Cd'A, and comprised: Eugene O'RORKE, 56 MI (parents b Ireland), house carpenter, married 23 years, owns home without mortgage; wife Anna, 46 CAN (parents b Ireland), 7 births, 4 living; daughter Cora, 21, born Michigan, bank stenographer; son Raymond, 20 MI; son Bartley, 17 MI; daughter Veronica, 10 Wisconsin. --6 May 1910 Cd'A ward 1, ED173 p24A.
In 1920, the family lived in the Fort Grounds area; see 1920 in the McBRIDE section, above.
In 1930, Bartley C O'RORKE, 39 MI, was a motorman in a lead mine, and lived in Mace, Shoshone county, with his wife Lavina (34 OK) and step-daughter Iris, 15 OK. Bartley and Lavina HOGUE married on 3 Oct 1927 at Sandpoint ID.
Anna O'RORKE, born Mar 1864, died 22 Feb 1928, and is buried with son Bartley in St Thomas cemetery. Bartley O'RORKE, born 9 May 1891, died 7 Mar 1965. His headstone reports he was an army private in the 316th Ammunition Train brigade from Ft Lewis in WW 1.
She was born in her grandparent's home in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho on September 29, 1920. It was a stately home having been a former officer's home in the now closed Fort Sherman, located on a block overlooking Military Drive. Her childhood years were spent on a family cattle ranch located on the northern edge of the Okanogan Valley high above that forested hills of Osoyoos in a small cattle village named Bridesville, British Columbia. It was small: a one room country school with twelve students at the most, a post office, a mixed grocery and variety store, a customs and immigration office, Great Northern train depot, a hotel with attached beer parlor and dance hall. She rode to school on a small, gentle grey pony. Her father would always bring the saddled horse to the kitchen steps so that she avoided walking in the barn yard. She was the first from our side of the mountain to attend high school, having been a four-year boarder girl at the Sisters Academy in Coeur d'Alene.
She graduated from the University of Idaho in 1943 with a BS in Home Economics. She taught in the St Maries and Coeur d'Alene High School. She returned to the University as Moscow for a year of dietetic studies and completed a year of dietetic internship at St Mary's Hospital/May Clinic, Rochester MN. She served as director of food services at the COG and Jesuit faculty at Gonzaga University.
As a single mother she completed studies for a Masters Degree in Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. She returned to Spokane and worked over fifteen years with the Spokane County Health Department and established the WIC program, a nutrition program for at risk mothers, infants and children. She has served as past president of the Washington State Dietetic Association and was co-founder of the Coeur d'Alene Chapter of the Catholic Daughters of America (Our Lady of the Lake Court #1447, Catholic Daughters of the Americas).
She raised her daughter Veronica Anne to become a leader in special education and was a loving friend and mentor for her son-in-law Joe and grandson Daniel Patrick. Throughout all of the roadblocks of daily living she was person of great faith and trust in the providence of God that watches over at the turn of every road. No small trip for the girl from the one room country school. A memorial Mass will be held Wednesday September 10 at 11:10 AM in the Jesuit Chapel at Gonzaga University. A luncheon will follow at Gonzaga's Regis House. SPOKANE CREMATION & BURIAL SERVICE, 2832 N. RUBY, SPOKANE, WA
