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.
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 .
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