Name of father James McCourt
Maiden name of mother Emma Farncomb

1880 CA CENSUS Johny McCourt (6y, b Canada) enumerated with parents James (30y, b Scotland occupation teacher) and Emma (28y, b Canada) , 2 siblings, James H. (4y, b California) and Minnie (2y, b California) and Mary Farncomb [listed as mother of James but probably mother of Emma] (64y, b England)

MARRIAGE John McCourt, over 21 and Veva Boothby, over 18 m 28 June 1898 at bride’s parents by H.A. Ketchum, MG. Aff: Orrie McKinney. Wit: J. Bowerman and J.H. McCourt

1900 OR CENSUS John McCourt (b Feb 1874, Canada, immigrated 1889, naturalized, occupation lawyer) enumerated with wife Veva (b Nov 1880, Oregon, married 1y, mother of 1 child) and son John B. (b July 1899, Oregon); also with family was Veva’s brother Charles G. Boothby (b Nov 1869, Oregon, married 11y, occupation machinist), his wife Minnie I. (b Jan 1870, Canada, immigrated 1885, mother of 3 children, 2 living at time of census) and their 2 children, Wilber F. (b Apr 1891, Oregon) and Fay (b July 1892, Oregon)

1910 OR CENSUS John McCourt (36y, b Canada, immigrated 1876, naturalized 1882, married 11y, occupation judge and attorney) enumerated with wife Vera (30y, b Oregon, mother of 2 children) and 2 sons, John B. (10y, b Oregon) and Wilbur E. (3y, b Oregon); also with family was servant Ilvera Rossnags (17y, b Oregon)

WWI Draft Registration Card John McCourt, 44, 560 E Broadway, Portland; b 26 Feb 1874; US citizen by naturalization of father; occupation lawyer; nearest relative Veva Boothby McCourt, 560 E Broadway, Portland, Oregon

1920 OR CENSUS John McCourt (45y b Canada, occupation US Attorney) enumerated with wife Veva (40y, b Oregon) and son John B. (20y, b Oregon); also with family was Lizzie Dalgleish [cousin of John] (62y, b Massachusetts, single) and servant Mollie Allen (66y, b Michigan, widowed, occupation nurse)

BIOGRAPHICAL: HISTORY of BENCH & BAR in OREGON, p. 177:
"Residence, 560 Broadway street; office Postoffice building, Portland. Born in Listowel, Canada, February 26, 1874. Son of James and Emma (Farncomb) McCourt. Married June 28, 1898, to Veva Boothby. Received his education in the public and common schools of California and moved to Oregon November 1890. Attended the Willamette University, Salem, Literary Department, one year, and the Law Department, Willamette University, 1896, graduating therefrom with a degree of L.L.B. Admitted to the bar in Salem, Oregon, June, 1896, and practiced his profession until 1900 in that city, when he moved to Pendleton, where he remained until appointed United States Attorney March 17, 1908. Elected member of House of Representatives, Oregon Legislature, June, 1898, and served Special Session of that year and Regular Session of 1899. Appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Sixth Judicial District, 1905 to 1908. Republican."

JUSTICES LEAVE TODAY -- Justices John McCourt and John L. Rand of the stated supreme court will leave for San Francisco where they will attend the convention of the American Bar association. They will be accompanied by their wives. Justice L. T. Harris returned Saturday from Tacoma where he addressed a meeting of the Washington State Bar association. Oregon Statesman, Aug 6, 1922, 5:4

OSBH DC (Marion County 1924) #632 - John McCourt, male, married (Veva Boothby McCourt), occupation Lawyer - Assoc. Justice Oregon Supreme Court, b. 26 Feb 1874 in Ontario, Canada, d. 12 Sep 1924 in Salem, Oregon (1311 Court) at the age of 50 y's 6 m's 16 d's, name of father James McCourt (b. Glagow, Scotland), maiden name of mother Emma Farncomb (b. Ontario, Canada), interment 15 Sep IOOF, undertaker Rigdon & Son, informant Mrs. John McCourt of Salem.

JOHN M'COURT PASSES AWAY, Youngest Justice of Supreme Tribunal of State Succumbs to Illness.
Justice John McCourt, of the Oregon supreme court, died at his home at 1311 Court street about 8 o'clock yesterday morning after an illness of nearly two weeks. A complication of ailments provoked by septic poisoning from infection of the teeth, caused his death.
Justice McCourt is survived by his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Jame McCourt, of Albany, his widow and one son, John McCourt, of Salem; two brothers James H. McCourt, now in Montana, and Aubrey McCourt of Albany; and five sisters, Minnie, Edith and Gladys, of Albany, Frances, of Portland and Emma, now in California.
Out of respect to Justice McCourt the supreme court adjourned yesterday morning and will not be in session until Monday after the funeral. The funeral will be held Monday at 10:30 o'clock a.m., at the First Presbyterian church of Salem, with Rev. W. W. Long, pastor of the church, and a Presbyterian minister from Portland officiating. Interment will be in IOOF cemetery. High tribute to Justice McCourt were paid today by Governor Pierce and Chief Justice McBride of the supreme court.
"I first knew Judge McCourt as a member of the legislature from Marion county," said Governor Pierce, "He and I practiced law in Pendleton at the same time and often were arrayed against each other in the trial of cases. I knew him as a brilliant lawyer and always held him in the highest esteem. It is a distinct loss to Oregon to lose Judge McCourt at this early period in his life. My relations with him in a personal, legal and official way were always of the pleasantest and I counted him one of my warmest and dearest friends."
Chief Justice McBride said; "The death of Justice McCourt comes as a shock to all of us. The youngest member of the court, he had early forged ahead to the position of one of its ablest and most influential members. He has demonstrated his great ability in every walk of the profession--as a legislator, as United States district attorney, as circuit judge, and on the bench he demonstrated his talents as a lawyer of high abilities and as a judge whose clear insight into difficult questions always commanded respect and admiration. "His relations with his associates were too intimate and tender to speak of in this early hour of bereavement. We mourn his loss as that of a brother and a friend. His family has lost a dear and affectionate husband and father. This court has lost a beloved associate. The state has lost an able and conscientious official. I cannot say more." Justice McCourt was 50 years old. He was born in Listowel, Canada, February 26, 1874, but in his infancy moved with his parents to California. He received his early education in the public schools of California and Oregon, the family moving to Oregon in 1890. Judge McCourt attended Willamette university taking a year in the literary course and then entering the law department of Willamette, from which he was graduated in 1896. In June of that year he was aadmitted to the bar. Mr. McCourt was married in 1898 to Miss Vera Boothby, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. W. F. Boothby.
The Boothby family was one of the prominent Salem families, Mr. Boothby having done notable work in the construction of public and business buildings. Mr. McCourt was elected in 1898 as one of the Marion county representatives in the legislature, serving in the special session of that year and in the regular session of 1899. He practiced law in Salem until 1900 when he moved to Pendleton and practiced his profession. He served as deputy district attorney at Pendleton from 1905 to 1908. In March, 1908, he was appointed by President Roosevelt as United States attorney for Oregon and moved to Portland. He resigned this position in 1913 and entered upon private practice in Portland as a member of the law firm of Veazie, McCourt & Veazie. Governor Olcott appointed Mr. McCourt to a circuit judgeship in Multnomah county in November 1918 to succeed the late Judge C. U. Gantenbein, and he was subsequently elected to succeed himself in that office. When a vacancy on the supreme bench resulted by the resignation of Justice Charles A. Johns, Governor Olcott appointed Judge McCourt as a justice of the supreme court October 8, 1921. He was then elected to the office in November, 1922.
In politics Justice McCourt was a Republican. He was a member of the Presbyyterian church, but had no fraternal affiliations.
Oregon Statesman 13 September 1924 1:7, 3:6

Father
John McCourt
Feb. 26, 1874 Sept. 12, 1924

LD
IOOF Register of Burials
OSBH DC (Marion County 1924) #632
S&H pg 36
Saucy Survey & Photographs
HBB p. 177 (Photo)

1880 CA CENSUS (Sacramento Co, San Joaquin, ED 112, FA#120)

Marion Co, Oregon, Marriage Records, 1897-1900, Vol 9, page 16

1900 OR CENSUS (Umatilla Co, Pendleton, ED 115, sheet 4A)

1910 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Portland, ED 216, sheet 13A)

WWI Draft Registration Card (Ancestry.com)

1920 OR CENSUS (Multnomah Co, Portland, ED 128, sheet 5B)

OS Aug 6, 1922, 5:4
OS 13 Sep 1924 1:7, 3:6