Brief Life History of Edmund Maurice Burke
When Edmund Maurice Burke Roche Twin was born on 15 May 1885, in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Sir James Boothby Burke-Roche 3rd Baron Fermoy, was 33 and his mother, Frances Eleanor Work, was 27. He married Lady Ruth Sylvia Gill on 17 September 1931, in St Devenick's Church, Bieldside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1928 and lived in New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1915 and Freebridge Lynn, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 8 July 1955, in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 70, and was buried in Sandringham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom.
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- Morris Roche in household of Frank Work, "United States Census, 1910"
- Maurice Roche, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- British Columbia, Canada, Marriage Index, 1872-1935
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World Events (8)
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1888 · The Whitehall Mystery
The Whitehall Mystery has some ties to Jack the Ripper, the victim was female and had been dismembered. The arms were found first; the headless torso to which they belonged was found a month later. The rest of the body was never discovered and the mystery was never solved.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Aidan, Declan, Eamonn, Fergus, Fionnuala, Kevin Patrick, Liam.
Irish (Munster) and English (of Norman origin): variant of Roach . Compare Roch .
French: topographic name for someone who lived by a rocky outcrop or crag, from Old French roche ‘rock’. In North America, this surname is also a shortened form of the variant Laroche 2. Compare Deroche .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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