Geraldine Belle Rock

Female7 April 1904–23 March 1987

Brief Life History of Geraldine Belle

When Geraldine Belle Rock was born on 7 April 1904, in California, United States, her father, George Allen Rock, was 27 and her mother, Luella B. Scott, was 22. She lived in Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California, United States in 1910 and Richmond, Contra Costa, California, United States for about 30 years. She died on 23 March 1987, in Walnut Creek, Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 82.

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Bernard Edward Dolan
1903–1993
Geraldine Belle Rock
1904–1987

Sources (9)

  • Geraldine B Dolan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Geraldine Belle Rock, "California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988"
  • Geraldine Belle Dolan, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 2

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

Age 2

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1927

Age 23

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English rok(ke) ‘rock’. The surname may be topographic, denoting someone who lived near a notable rock or rocky outcrop, or habitational, denoting someone from a place called with this word, such as Rock (Northumberland). Compare Roach .

English: from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atter oke ‘at the oak’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived by a prominent oak tree, or habitational, denoting someone from a place so named, such as Rock (Worcestershire), Rook in Cornwood (Devon), and Rock in Washington (Sussex). Compare Nock .

English: perhaps a nickname for a spinner or a maker of distaffs from Middle English rok(ke) ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate). Compare Rocker .

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

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