When Margaret Roache was born about 1858, in New York, United States, her father, Mathias "Matthew" Roache, was 53 and her mother, Elizabeth Signan-Degnan, was 45. She married Augustus Springstead about 1875. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Westchester, New York, United States in 1870. She died on 25 June 1904, in The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Saint Raymond's New Cemetery and Mausoleum, The Bronx, New York City, New York, United States.
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Some characteristic forenames: Irish Donovan, Sheelagh.
English and Irish: variant of Roach . Compare Roch .
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