Joan Rock
1916–1992 (Age 75)
Salford, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Joan
When Joan Rock was born on 11 November 1916, her father, Edward Rock, was 24 and her mother, Mary Agnes Ashcroft, was 18. She died in July 1992, at the age of 75.
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Family Time Line
Edward Rock
1892–1943
Mary Agnes Ashcroft
1898–1950
Albert Edward Rock
1915–1994
Joan Rock
1916–1992
Parents & Siblings
1892–1943Male
1898–1950Female
siblings
(2)
1915–1994Male
1916–1992Female
Name Meaning
1 English: topographic name for someone who lived near a notable crag or outcrop, from Middle English rokke ‘rock’ ( see Roach ), or a habitational name from a place named with this word, as for example Rock in Northumberland.2 English: variant of Roke ( see Rokes 1).3 English: metonymic occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from Middle English rok ‘distaff’ (from Old Norse rokkr or Middle Dutch rocke or an unattested Old English cognate).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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