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From: Michael Roach <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Searching for information on Nicholas Roachand his wife Sarah White, Montreal
Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:48:19 -0400
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Thanks very much for information Doreen. It is very much appreciated.
Mike Roach
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From: "D. O." <>
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Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 7:38 PM
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] Searching for information on Nicholas Roach
and his wife Sarah White, Montreal
>
> Notre Dame des Neiges Cemetery, Montreal - Concession 00262, Section H,
> contains SARA WHITE among others of the Roach families.
>
> If you write to the cemetery they will be able to check their records for
> any reference as to the birthplace of the deceased. Because of the cost
> for engraving, families often just had names and sometimes dates put on
> stones.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Doreen
>
>
>
> =============================
>> Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2008 14:14:58 -0500
>> From:
>> To:
>> 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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