Brief Life History of Maurice William
When Maurice William Roach was born on 2 September 1884, in Alamance, North Carolina, United States, his father, Monroe McCager Roach, was 22 and his mother, Martha Louisa Terry, was 19. He married Elizabeth Mcpherson on 20 December 1908, in Graham, Alamance, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Township 8 Newlin, Alamance, North Carolina, United States in 1940 and Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States for about 17 years. He died on 19 October 1974, in Burlington, Alamance, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Alamance, North Carolina, United States.
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- Morrie W Roach, "United States Census, 1920"
- Maurice Roach, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Maurice William Roach, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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.
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