Monica Roark

Brief Life History of Monica

When Monica Roark was born in April 1880, in Ashe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jonathan Roark, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Catherine Vanover, was 36.

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Jonathan Roark
1843–1901
Elizabeth Catherine Vanover
1843–1920
Ada Roark
1862–
Emmet Green Roark
1863–1929
Elbert Ephriam Roark
1865–1957
Nancy Caroline Roark
1867–1956
Cora Dianna Roark
1869–1953
Alpha Elvira Roark
1871–1910
Vistie Melissa Roark
1875–1966
Etta Cordelia Roark
1876–1920
Adella Millie Roark
1878–1951
Monica Roark
1880–
Muncie Othneal Roark
1884–1949
Merca D. Roark
1887–

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    World Events (3)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

    In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: shortened and altered form of O'Rourke .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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