Brief Life History of Elizabeth Jane
When Elizabeth Jane Roach was born on 15 January 1823, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States, her father, Joseph B. Roach, was 26 and her mother, Frances Branch Woodson, was 19. She married Richard F Conner on 20 March 1844, in Mercer, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Clarinda, Page, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Iowa, United States in 1870.
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- Jane Connor in household of Richard Connor, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Jane Roach, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Elizabeth Taylor in entry for Cynthia van Arsdol, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
Iowa is the 29th state.
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Name Meaning
English:
of Norman origin, from Old French and Middle English roche ‘rock, cliff, promontory’, sometimes a translation of Stone . The surname may have been topographic, denoting someone who lived on or by a prominent rock or rocky place, or a habitational name for someone who lived or came from a place so named, such as one of those called Roque or Roche(s) in Normandy and neighboring regions, or Roche in Cornwall, Roach Farm in Clyst Hydon (Devon), or Roch in Pembrokeshire (see Roch ).
in Lancashire perhaps referring to the River Roch, which runs through Rochdale; the river name is probably a back-formation from Recedham, an early name for Rochdale recorded in 1086, derived from Old English reced ‘building, house, hall’ + hām ‘village, homestead’. Alternatively, the Lancashire name could be a shortened form of the now rare or extinct surname Rochdale alias Rachedale, Rachdall, a habitational name from Rochdale (Lancashire). From the 18th century onward the name is difficult to distinguish from Roch , borne by Irish migrants to South Lancashire, especially Liverpool.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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