Brief Life History of Sarah Jane Crawford
When Sarah Jane Crawford Roach was born on 3 September 1838, in Early, Georgia, United States, her father, Jonathan Roach, was 47 and her mother, Mary Westley Boone, was 22. She died on 25 July 1840, in her hometown, at the age of 1, and was buried in Groveton, Trinity, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Sarah Roach, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1790–1854 Male
1816–1904 Female
Siblings (10)
1837–1929 Male
1838–1840 Female
1841–1844 Female
1843–1843 Female
1843–1843 Female
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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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