Brief Life History of Charles Parley
When Charles Parley Rock was born on 4 April 1880, in Thomas, Nottingham Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Andrew A. Rock, was 22 and his mother, Mary Ann Stull, was 16. He had at least 2 sons and 3 daughters with June Etta Conkle. He died on 8 October 1965, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Tukwila, King, Washington, United States.
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- Charles Roch, "United States 1950 Census"
- Clarence Alvin Rock in the Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1917, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967
- Charley Rock, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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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.
1889 · Washington Becomes a State
On November 11, 1889, Washington Territory became Washington State the 42nd state to enter the Union. The state was named in honor of George Washington.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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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