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Bartholomew "Bat" Roach

Bartholomew "Bat" Roach

Male 1861 - 1923  (62 years)
Person ID: I215 


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  • Name Bartholomew "Bat" Roach 
    Born 21 May 1861  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Died 21 Jun 1923  Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Buried Aft 21 Jun 1923  Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    gravestones\ROACH Bartholomew
    gravestones\ROACH Bartholomew and Josephine
    Siblings None

  • Parents

    Family ID: F1365 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Patrick Roach,   b. 1839, Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1892, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Mother Mary Hollahan,   b. 1842, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Jan 1882, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years) 

  • Family

    Family ID: F57 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart   
    Wife Josephine Murphy,   b. 17 Dec 1864, Winn, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 May 1950, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 20 Oct 1881  Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    • At the age of 17 began dating Bat Roach. Aunt Cornelia did not approve saying "If you marry that Irishman never put your foot in this house again!" So Josephine married Bat and never saw her aunt again.
    Children 
      1. Kate Roach,   b. 25 Jun 1885, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1928  (Age 43 years)
    + 2. Josephine Roach,   b. 24 Jun 1889, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Sep 1982  (Age 93 years)
      3. Robert Emmett Roach,   b. 2 Apr 1892, Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1973  (Age 81 years)
      4. William Patrick Roach,   b. 17 Aug 1894, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Jan 1960  (Age 65 years)
      5. Conn Roach,   b. Sep 1896, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
      6. Carrie Mae Roach,   b. 24 Apr 1899, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Jan 1951  (Age 51 years)
      7. Child Roach,   b. Bef 1900,   d. Bef 1 Jun 1900  (Age < 0 years)
      8. Child Roach,   b. Bef 1900,   d. Bef 1 Jun 1900  (Age < 0 years)
    + 9. Lula Clarine E. Roach,   b. 1902, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Feb 1987, Seattle, King, Washington, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
      10. Harriet L. Roach,   b. 1906, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
      11. Brookie F. I. Roach,   b. 17 Aug 1909, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Dec 1983  (Age 74 years)

  • Other Personal Events

    Immigration 1864 
    Ω Anecdote Witness 22 Jun 1897 
    Civil War Veterans Reunion in Nashville TN 
    Census 1 Jun 1900  Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Ω Census Principal 1 Jun 1900 
    Census 15 Apr 1910  Beaver, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Family Search ID 9771-L1J 
    Photos Go to Photo Gallery for Bartholomew Roach 
    Ω Census Principal 15 Apr 1910 
    Religion Irish Catholic  [4] 
    • The marriage of Catholic Bat Roach to Protestant Josephine Murphy caused a break between Josephine Murphy and the Aunt who had raised her.
    _UID 6C2F85B23BB343808E30868E53D348F9BC5C 
  • Photos
    headshots\ROACH Bartholomew    		headshots\ROACH Bartholomew

  • Event Map
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Source Citations

    1. [S1271] Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 March 2021), memorial page for Bartholomew “Bat” Roach (21 May 1861–21 Jun 1923), Find a Grave Memorial no. 95299006, citing Rosedale Cemetery, Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, USA ; Maintained by Kris Abelli (contributor 47197173) ..

    2. [S489] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1900 US Census, Mississippi, Lauderdale County, Meridian, e.d.15, p.15b", (1 June 1900), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 March 2023)..

    3. [S309] United States, Bureau of the Census, "1910 US Census, Oklahoma, Beaver County, Blue Grass Township, e.d.19, p.13b", (15 April 1910), FamilySearch Family History Library (https://familysearch.org: accessed 20 March 2023)..

    4. [S72] Compiler: Price, Debbie, Genealogical Papers of the Price and Chamberlain Families, Present Owner: Leslie Price, Compiler Address: Casper, WY and Houston, TX (Houston, TX, 1976-1990).