Brief Life History of James Boothby Burke
When James Boothby Burke Roche was born on 28 July 1851, in Ealing, London, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Burke Roche, was 35 and his mother, Eliza Caroline Boothby, was 29. He married Frances Eleanor Work on 22 September 1880, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 30 October 1920, in Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 69, and was buried in East Finchley Cemetery, East Finchley, London, England, United Kingdom.
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- James Roche, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- James Roche en el registro de Cynthia Burke Roche, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- James Boothby Burta Roche en entrada por Arthur Scott Burden y Cynthia Burke Roche, "New York, Marriages, 1686-1980"
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1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected
George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1877 · Trial of Detectives
The Trial of Detective, also known as the Turf Fraud Scandal, was a scandal involving 3 senior Scotland Yard detectives. It was a scam involving bets made on horse races.
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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