Brief Life History of William S.
When William S. Roach was born on 24 February 1828, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States, his father, James Roach, was 32 and his mother, Margaret Gray, was 31. He married Margaret E Walters in 1859. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 21 January 1906, in Royal Center, Boone Township, Cass, Indiana, United States, at the age of 77.
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- William Roach, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Roach, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- William Roach, "Indiana Death Index, 1882-1920"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Cass, Indiana, United States
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
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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