William Thadeus Roach

Brief Life History of William Thadeus

When William Thadeus Roach was born on 24 July 1832, in Tennessee, United States, his father, William Buck Roach, was 26 and his mother, Juliet Ann Wilson, was 18. He married Elizabeth Jane Morrow on 8 July 1863, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in McNairy, McNairy, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and McNairy, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 March 1901, in Celeste, Hunt, Texas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Celeste, Hunt, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thadeus Roach
1832–1901
Elizabeth Jane Morrow
1838–1893
Marriage: 8 July 1863
Ulysses Grant Roach
1864–1941
William Wilson Roach
1866–1918
James Franklin Roach
1868–1943
Felix Vincent Roach
1871–1944
Juliette Ann Roach
1874–1961
Cynthia Salena Lena Roach
1877–1961

Sources (13)

  • William Roach, "United States Census, 1870"
  • W T Roach, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • William Thadeus Roach, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

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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