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William James Roach 1892–1963 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt 1892

Birth Location: Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia

Death Date: 18 October 1963

Death Location: Orange NSW

Father: James Roach

Mother: Catherine May

Spouse(s): Ethel Paterson

Children(s): Myrtle Griffiths

William James Roach was born in 1892 in Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the child of James Bennett Roach And Catherine Ann May. William James Roach married Ethel Maud Paterson, and had children including Myrtle Jean Griffiths. William James Roach passed away in 1963 in Orange NSW.

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Biography

  • William James Roach was born in 1892 in Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, the child of James Bennett Roach And Catherine Ann May.
  • William James Roach married Ethel Maud Paterson, and had children including Myrtle Jean Griffiths.
  • William James Roach passed away in 1963 in Orange NSW.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Roach's Ancestors

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William Roach
1892–1963
Birth Place: Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Parents
James Bennett Roach
1865–1941
Dowling Forest, Miners Rest, Victoria, Australia
Catherine (Ann) May
1863–1951
Buninyong, Victoria, Australia
Grandparents
Lawrence (Reginald) Roach
1825–1898
Glenarousk, Co Cork, Ireland
Mary Whelan
1836–1896
Clonmel, Tipperary, Ireland
Great-Grandparents
John Roche
1795–1868
Johanna McGrath
1800–1866
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Roach's Descendants

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William (James) Roach (Abt 1892–18 October 1963) m. Ethel (Maud) Paterson (29 Nov 1893–31 Jul 1982)
  1. 1. Myrtle (Jean) Griffiths 1927–2019 m. Allan (Lloyd) Griffiths 1923–1989
    1. 1. Delma Dodson 1948–2022

William Roach's Timeline

2 Records

1892
Abt 1892
Birth of William James Roach in Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
1963
18 October 1963
Age 71
Death of William James Roach in Orange NSW
Orange NSW

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt 1892
    Event Place: Diamond Lead, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] Australia, World War i Service Records, National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
    [2] Australia, World War II Military Service Records, National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australia; Citizen Military Forces Personnel Dossiers, 1939-1947; Series: B884
    [3] Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 18 October 1963
    Event Place: Orange NSW
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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