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Armagh / Re: Rocks family
« on: Thursday 31 August 17 12:57 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: gaffy on Friday 05 May 17 08:49 BST (UK)
Quote from: gaffy on Friday 05 May 17 08:03 BST (UK)

... However it looks like 'Corr' might have been 'Carr', for a Mary Carr of Granemore married John Rocks of Ballyheridan in Ballymacnab RC Church in 1912, her father was Michael Carr, a farmer, his was James Rocks, a labourer:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1912/09926/5608522.pdf


Into more speculative territory now.  A possibility just to note for the John Rocks who married Mary Corr/Carr in 1912 is this one born at Hazel Hill to James Rocks and Mary Kernaghan in 1880:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1880/02865/2049476.pdf

The parents James Rocks (father John, a labourer) and Mary Kernaghan a.k.a. Kernan (father John, a labourer) were married on 9 December 1874 in Armagh RC Church, their address was Ballynahone. 

Again just within the realms of possibility and so just to note until ruled in or out, this could be Mary (Anne) Corr, born in 1889 to parents Michael Corr and Elizabeth Anne Hughes:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02488/1922985.pdf

The parents Michael Corr (father Francis, a farmer) and Anne Hughes (father James, a farmer) were married on 3 August 1875 in Derrynoose RC Church, he was from 'Ferlagh', she from Granemore.

Thanks you very much.  That is my granddad. He was my Bernard (Benny) and not Benjamin - my mistake. Thanks for the information.

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Armagh / Re: Rocks family
« on: Thursday 04 May 17 22:37 BST (UK)  »
Quote from: carraige on Friday 21 August 15 15:11 BST (UK)

You talk about a Clady origin, so they could have originally come from Clady and moved to Milford for work as weavers and then moved into quarrying at the Rock Road area on the outskirts of Armagh city.
It would be more difficult to ascertain exactly which of the Clady Rocks families they came from but the recent uploading of baptismal records online might help. They are available here: http://registers.nli.ie/parishes/0189

My grandad on my mother's side was Rocks who was born at his family home on Rock Road, Armagh. The house is still standing and my family live near it. They had a quarry next to the house which they ran.  His father was John, I think John's wife was called Evelyn (sp).  This is my first step in trying to trace my family and I have came across this.  My grandad was called Benny (Benjamin) and was born in 1914.

I think that John's family came from Clady / Granemore area as my grandmother was from Granemore and both sets of families were friends I believe.

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