Brief Life History of Richard Jefferson
When Richard Jefferson Rock was born on 21 April 1923, in Quincy, Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Ira Wallace Rock, was 36 and his mother, Rosa Malinda Mickley, was 33. He married Clarabelle Dull on 9 February 1946, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States. He lived in Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Mont Alto, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States in 2002. He died on 6 November 2009, in Quincy, Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Quincy Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Richard Rock in household of Ira W Rock, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard J. Rock - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Richard J. Rock
- Richard J Rock, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
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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