Samuel Roach

1865 - 1936  (70 years)

• Name	Samuel Roach
  Born	29 May 1865	, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23403807
  Residence	1871	Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Church of England
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-218536
  Died	12 May 1936	Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  Buried	Saint Andrew Catholic Cemetery, Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States
  Person ID	I218536	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry Roach,   b. 22 Aug 1823, , Kent, England ,   d. 3 Oct 1901, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Eleanor "Ellen" Delaney,   b. CALC 28 Sep 1837, , England ,   d. 12 May 1886, Petersburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 48 years)
  Family ID	F30063	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Postman Roach on the Job 24 years is Dead at 70 Funeral services for Samuel J. Roach, 70, former mail carrier, who died Tuesday morning at his home, 710 Lafayette ave., NE, will be held Friday morning at 9 o'clock at St. Alphonsus church. Burial will be in St. Andrew's cemetery. Mr. Roach had been a resident here for 50 years and served as mail carrier 24 years. He was manager of the Manufacturers building eight years. He was a member of the Holy Name society of St. Alphonsus church and charter member of St. Vincent DePaul society. He also belonged to the Modern Woodmen. Surviving are fours sons, C Hubert, Gerald E., S. Jerome and Thomas G., and four daughters Mrs. EP (Elizabeth) Whalen, Mrs. E. (Frances) Blakely, Miss Helen M. and Miss Dorothy E. Roach and one sister Mrs. Ellen Heyd of Grand Rapids. Interment at St. Andrew's Cemetery Grand Rapids Herald Wed, 13 May 1936

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wilmot - 1871, Div. 3 Page 27.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 29 May 1865 - , Ontario, Canada Residence - Church of England - 1871 - Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 12 May 1936 - Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States  = Link to Google Earth