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From: Nicole Gareau <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Searching for information on Nicholas Roachand his wife Sarah White, Montreal
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 15:35:54 -0500
In-Reply-To: <598653F334334D35B4F478865C36063E@MichaelPC>
I will be happy to take photographs of the tombstone for you when the snow
melts - I was there last weekend and it was pretty useless since the smaller
stones were almost buried in snow and the snow banks were taller than I am.
I live not far from the cemetery - there will be no charge. It's my way of
passing on all the help that other people have given to me.
Nicole Gareau
-----Original Message-----
From:
[mailto:] On Behalf Of Michael Roach
Sent: March 8, 2008 3:26 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Searching for information on Nicholas Roach
and his wife Sarah White, Montreal
Thanks very much for suggestions Linda, it is very much appreciated.
Mike Roach
Ottawa, Ontario
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Maitland" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 2:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Searching for information on Nicholas Roach
and his wife Sarah White, Montreal
> Hi Michael,
>
> Have you searched the Montreal Star newspaper for obituaries and obsequies
> for everyone possible? I have had great success with that.
>
> Have you searched Cote des Neiges Cemetery on-line? You'll be able to
> find
> out who is buried in the plot.
>
> Have you seen Nicholas and Sara's gravestone? It just might yield their
> birthplace and birthdates.
>
> Good luck,
> Linda
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of Michael
> Roach
> Sent: March 8, 2008 11:15 AM
> To: Montreal Irish Montreal Irish Rootsweb
> Subject: [Montreal-Irish] Searching for information on Nicholas Roach
> and his wife Sarah White, Montreal
>
>
>
> My Great-Great Grandfather Nicholas Roach and his wife Sara White are
> believed to have come from Ireland. I have been able to find records of
> some
> of their children who were born in Montreal starting in 1852 with the
> birth
> of my grandfather William Henry Roach, but I have not been able to find
> where they were married or when and where the rest of their children were
> born before they arrived in Montreal. (They appear to have had 8 children,
> five of whom were born in Montreal as per St. Patrick's records.)
>
> What I have found out about Nicholas and Sara;
>
> 1. Nicholas died in Montreal in 1879
>
> 2. Sara died in Montreal in 1909
>
> 3. St Patrick records indicate that Nicholas was a shoe maker
>
> 4. Lovell's City directory for Montreal indicate that Nicholas and
> Sara lived at 153 Wellington St. In 1857,58,59,60
>
> 5. Mrs. Sara Roach, widow of Nicholas was shown in the Lovell's
> directory to live at 75 Colbourne in 1879 & 1880
>
> 6. Some of the records at St. Patrick's indicate that the spelling
> of
> the name was Roache, while others show up as Roach.
>
> 7. Have not been able to find Nicholas & Sara on any census records
> but I have been able to find William Henry and family on the 1891 and 1911
> census records.
>
> 8. Sara White had a brother Patrick (Who was a Taylor) He also lived in
> Montreal.
>
> Does anyone have any other ideas on places to look in for information on
> Sara & Nicholas? I seem to have hit a brick wall at this point. My father
> was left as an orphan at the age of 13 and died in 1969, so I have limited
> information from that source.
>
>
>
> Michael Roach
>
> Ottawa, On
>
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