Jean Louise Rock

Female26 January 1944–10 January 2007

Brief Life History of Jean Louise

When Jean Louise Rock was born on 26 January 1944, in Washington, District of Columbia, United States, her father, Bennett Andrew Rock, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Eunice Dobbins, was 22. She lived in Arlington, Virginia, United States in 1950 and Englewood, Duval, Florida, United States for about 9 years. She died on 10 January 2007, in Sarasota, Florida, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Englewood, Sarasota, Florida, United States.

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John K Watson Sr
1942–2002
Jean Louise Rock
1944–2007

Sources (8)

  • Jean L Rock, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Jean L Rock Watson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Jean in entry for John K Watson, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

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World Events (8)

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 1

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

1950 · Truman Assassination Attempt

Age 6

Two Puerto Rican nationalists made an attempt to assassinate President Harry S. Truman on the 1st of November 1950 in the Blair House.

1961 · The Twenty-Third Amendment

Age 17

The Twenty-third Amendment gives the residents in the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections and to give the district electors in the Electoral College.

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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