Robert Emmett Roach

Robert Emmett Roach

Male 1892 - 1973  (81 years)


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  • Name Robert Emmett Roach 
    Birth 2 Apr 1892  Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Ω Census son 1 Jun 1900  Meridian, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    • Bat was an Irishman and a grocer. Living next door was another Irishman, Thomas Kielty, who came over 26 years after Bat did, but was employed as a grocery salesman. Perhaps their families knew one another.
      Witness Role: Principal: [I215] Bartholomew ROACH
      Witness Role: head of household: [I215] Bartholomew ROACH
      Witness Role: wife: [I214] Josephine MURPHY
      Witness Role: daughter: [I611] Kate ROACH
      Witness Role: daughter: [I613] Josephine ROACH
      Witness Role: son: [I608] Robert Emmett ROACH
      Witness Role: son: [I607] William Patrick ROACH
      Witness Role: son: [I606] Conn ROACH
      Witness Role: daughter: [I605] Carrie Mae ROACH
    Ω Census son 15 Apr 1910  Beaver, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    • Witness Role: Principal: [I215] Bartholomew ROACH
      Witness Role: head of household: [I215] Bartholomew ROACH
      Witness Role: wife: [I214] Josephine MURPHY
      Witness Role: son: [I608] Robert Emmett ROACH
      Witness Role: son: [I607] William Patrick ROACH
      Witness Role: son: [I606] Conn ROACH
      Witness Role: daughter: [I605] Carrie Mae ROACH
      Witness Role: daughter: [I612] Lula Clarine E. ROACH
      Witness Role: daughter: [I604] Harriet L. ROACH
      Witness Role: daughter: [I603] Brookie F. I. ROACH
    Occupation 1917  Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    clerk 
    • Stated that we was working for his father.
    Residence 1917  833 E. 6th Street, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Military Draft Registration 5 Jun 1917  Pontotoc, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    • Described as medium height, slender build, brown eyes, dark hair.
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    Census 1 Apr 1940  Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    • Robert and William Patrick Roach lived with their mother, Josie. Josie was also counted on the 1940 census in the Lipscomb County, TX home of her brother Samuel Scott Riffle. Most likely she was visiting her brother when the census taker came to the house, and she actually lived with her sons in Oklahoma.
      Witness Role: head of household: [I608] Robert Emmett ROACH
      Witness Role: brother: [I607] William Patrick ROACH
      Witness Role: mother: [I214] Josephine MURPHY
    Family Search ID LTBP-T87 
    _UID 994D71A86BB840FFB68A46B5D4EB87422430 
    Burial 1973  Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 5 Jul 1973 
    Person ID I608  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 18 Sep 2023 

    Father Bartholomew "Bat" Roach,   b. 21 May 1861, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jun 1923, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Mother Josephine Murphy,   b. 17 Dec 1864, Winn, Louisiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 May 1950, Ada, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 20 Oct 1881  Lauderdale, Lauderdale, Mississippi, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 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.
    Family ID F57  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Sources 
    1. [S634] DraftRegWW1 - Roach, Robert.

    2. [S489] Cens1900 - MS Lauderdale Meridian p15b.

    3. [S309] Cens1910 - OK Beaver Blue Grass ed19 p13.

    4. [S1441] Cens1940 - OK Pontotoc Ada p62a.

    5. [S72] Debbie Price's Collection.