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Greetings...
My name is Phil Hayes. I live in Monroe, CT and and am researching my
great great great grandmother's family. Her name was Margaret and may
have been trained as a Doctor in Dublin back in the early 1800's.
We believe they came from Dublin to New York on June 21, 1851 aboard
the "Princess" which sailed from Dublin. Their name was most likely
Roche, but was Americanized to Roach by most members of the family. I
believe that John's family may have kept the Roche spelling.
MARGT. ROCHE MOTHER 35 F b. abt 1816
ANDRW. ROCHE SERVANT, GENTLEMAN'S SERVANT 23 M b.
abt 1828
BRIDGET ROCHE SERVANT, GENTLEMAN'S SERVANT 21 F b.
abt 1830
ANN ROCHE SERVANT, GENTLEMAN'S SERVANT 19 F b.
abt 1832
PAT ROCHE UNKNOWN 17 M b. abt 1834
MICHL. ROCHE UNKNOWN 13 M b. abt 1838
JAMES ROCHE UNKNOWN 11 M b. abt 1840
MARY ROCHE CHILD, YOUNGSTER 9 F b. abt 1842
JOHN ROCHE CHILD, YOUNGSTER 6 M b. abt 1845
ROSANA ROCHE CHILD, YOUNGSTER 3 F abt b. 1848
Bridget Roach married David Reekie and settled in Brooklyn, NY. Her
family then went to New Jersey and then back to Port Chester, NY.
Other surnames of the married children include: Flaherty, Booth,
Gackstetter and Hickey.
Anna Roach (My great great grandmother) also settled in Brooklyn and
Married Henry Lewis. The family pretty much stayed in the New York /
Westchester area. This branch of the tree is well know to me and
include the surnames of Lewis, Hayes, Tierney and Bishop.
I believe Patrick and John may have moved onto Cleveland Ohio. We do
know that Anna had relatives in Cleveland, but we have not found the
concrete evidence linking the two branches of the family. If we are
correct with our assumption, Patrick was the Sexton for St. John's
Cemetery where he was later buried. In addition to Patrick, many of
his siblings are buried there too. Here is the internment report for
the Roach / Roche grave at St. Johns in Cleveland:
Margaret Roche age 63 4/25/1875 abt 1812 (Believe this is his mother)
Patrick Roche age 47 11/15/1882 abt 1835
Clarence Roche age 6 mos 12/27/1891 abt Jun 1891 (Infant son of Andrew)
Joseph S. Roach age 7 days 12/3/1899 abt 26 Nov 1899
Julia Roach age 34 yrs. 1/29/1900 abt 1866
Margaret Roach age 46 yrs 3/28/1901 abt 1855
Lillian Roach age 28 yrs 5/28/1901 abt 1873
John Roach age 73 yrs. 2/25/1902 abt 1829
George Roach age 2 mos. 8/12/1902 abt Jun 1902
Mary Roach age 65 yrs 12/8/1904 abt 1839 (wife of John Roche)
Catherine Hull age 40 yrs 2/4/1905 abt 1865
Valorie Hull age 15 yrs 7/7/1910 abt 1895
Elizabeth Roach age 81 yrs 11/25/1912 abt 1844
Elizabeth Long age 43 yrs 8/22/1925 abt 1882
Andrew Roche age 73 yrs 1/13/1934 abt 1861
Patrich Roche age 70 yrs 3/5/1934 abt 1864
Margaret Roche age 88 yrs 9/9/1950 abt 1862
Mother, Margaret was in Brooklyn with Anna in 1870 but may have moved
onto cleveland where she died in 1875. She is one of those mentioned
in the above Internment Report. Daughter Mary was with Margaret in
Brooklyn in 1870 but we don't know what happened to her after that.
I do have some obituaries and death certificates for some of the
family members in Cleveland, but nothing yet indicates the link to the
New york Roach's.
If anybody is related to or know anything about anybody listed here, I
would love to hear from you. This has been one branch of our family
tree that has has been broken for too long. I'd love t fix it.
Thanks.
Phil Hayes