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Quote from: paddyarmagh on Thursday 04 May 17 22:37 BST (UK)

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.

Welcome to RootsChat.  The only candidate for Bernard's birth that I can readily see is this one, registered in Keady, he was named Bernard Aloysius and was born on 1 October 1914 in the townland of Granemore to parents John Rox (farmer) and Minnie Corr:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1914/01397/1574415.pdf

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

On the face of it, that information would read across to these possibilities in the 1911 Ireland census, just to note for now:
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Armagh/Ballyaros/Ballyheridan/325163/
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Armagh/Armaghbrague/Granemore/321522/

Prior to Bernard, John Rocks and Mary a.k.a. Minnie Corr/Carr had a son Michael and a daughter Elizabeth Claire:
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1912/01475/1600722.pdf
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1913/01433/1587514.pdf

After Bernard came a daughter Mary Josephine (1916) and 2 sons (1918 & 1921), all born at Ballyheridan.

I've just started doing my family tree and was interested to come across this thread. I have small list of names on the Rocks family and much of the above marries with this list of names my father could remember.  I have a John Rocks also living on Rocks road. It's my understanding that they owned a quarry.

In particular I have John Rocks being married to a ? Carr, which would align with the suggestion of Mary Carr. Their child is identified by Gaffys links as Michael  which ties with my Paternal Grandfather and the date of birth sounds correct at 1912 .

I am not sure this takes the discussion forward, beyond providing some anecdotal corroboration for what's above.

Thanks for posting, it's helped move me forward in my pottering through the family tree.