Born in the townland of Clady Beg, County Armagh, Ireland.
Son of Mary (Carr) and Henry Rocks. Husband of Margaret Jane (Vallely). They married in Ballymacnab, Brady, Armagh, Armagh, Ireland, on 1 Aug 1862, and immigrated to Vermont, USA, about 1866. Together, they had fourteen children, as well as their illegitimate twin granddaughters, Celia (Rock) Liberty and Sarah (Rock) Candani, whom they raised as their own children. Two of their daughters died young: Ellen (1878-1880) and Sarah (1886-before 1900). All sixteen children were born in Vermont. James was a potato farmer.
[James was my maternal 2nd-Great-grandfather. ~ DB]
Born in the townland of Clady Beg, County Armagh, Ireland.
Son of Mary (Carr) and Henry Rocks. Husband of Margaret Jane (Vallely). They married in Ballymacnab, Brady, Armagh, Armagh, Ireland, on 1 Aug 1862, and immigrated to Vermont, USA, about 1866. Together, they had fourteen children, as well as their illegitimate twin granddaughters, Celia (Rock) Liberty and Sarah (Rock) Candani, whom they raised as their own children. Two of their daughters died young: Ellen (1878-1880) and Sarah (1886-before 1900). All sixteen children were born in Vermont. James was a potato farmer.
[James was my maternal 2nd-Great-grandfather. ~ DB]
Family Members
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Mary Ann Rock Nestor
1868–1960
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Frank Andrew Rock
1869–1956
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Rose Rock Woods
1871–1916
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John Patrick Rock
1873–1938
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Dr Margaret Jane Rock Beede
1875–1981
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Edward Henry Rock
1877–1962
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Julia Lillian Rock Foye Whitcomb Bowen
1880–1943
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James Percival Rock
1881–1977
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Teresa Rock DesLauriers
1883–1963
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Agnes Louise Rock Holmes
1885–1968
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Alice Elizabeth Rock Gwynn
1888–1974
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Elizabeth Ellen "Bessie" Rock DiDonato
1893–1925
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