Lorena (Rankin) Roach (1911 - 2000)

Born 11 Jun 1911 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Winburn Layfatte Roach — married 29 Sep 1928 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA

Died 4 Mar 2000 at age 88 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States

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Biography

Lorena Rankin was born on Jun 11, 1911 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA as the first child of James Madison Rankin and Margarett A Wells.

She had five siblings, namely: O Wilson, Infant Son, Mary Allena, Jasper Nelson, and Mae Etta.

She died on Mar 04, 2000 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, USA (Age at Death: 88). ^[1]

When she was 17, she married Winburn L Roach, son of William Tomas Roach and Keziar Elizabeth Bynum, on Sep 29, 1928 in Simpson County, Mississippi, USA. ^[2]

Lorena Rankin lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1920 (Age: 8; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter).

She lived in Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, USA in 1930 (Age: 18; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Rural, Simpson, Mississippi in 1935. She lived in Madison, Louisiana, USA on Apr 01, 1940 (Age: 28; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife).

She lived in Pajaro, Monterey, California, USA in 1950 (StreetAddress: Carpenteria Str; 38 Age: 38; Vegetable Cutter Occupation: Vegetable Cutter; ClassofWorker: Private; EnumerationDistrict: 27-116; Industry: Frozen Food Plant; IsEmployed: Yes; LiveOnFarm: No; OccupationCategory: Keeping House; SeekingWork: No; ThreeOrMoreAcres: No; WorkedLastWeek: No; Wife RelationToHead: Wife; Married MaritalStatus: Married). Race: (White)

She was buried in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, USA (Pajaro Valley Memorial Park). ^[3]

Winburn Layfatte Roach and Lorena Rankin had the following children:

1. Orland Jackson "O. J." Roach was born on Dec 15, 1929 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Aug 01, 2019 (Age at Death: 89).
2. Willie Myrle Roach was born on Aug 31, 1931 in Mississippi, USA. She died on Nov 12, 2012 (Age at Death: 81). She married Vernon Belmer Rood on May 07, 1949 in Monterey, California, USA. At time of death last name was Williams.
3. Retha Mae Roach was born in 1933 in Mississippi, USA. She was living in 2019.
4. Joel Lafayette Roach was born on Jun 03, 1936 in Magee, Simpson, Mississippi, USA. He died on Jul 29, 2014 (Age at Death: 78). He married Janet Lee Wood on Jun 30, 1955 in Carson City, Nevada, USA.
5. Roy Rogers Roach was born in Jun 1940 in Madison, Louisiana, USA. He died on Jul 27, 1940 in Madison, Louisiana, USA (Age at Death: 1 mo).
6. Carolyn Francis Roach was born on May 24, 1942 in Delhi, Richland, Louisiana, USA. She died on Mar 06, 2006 in Auburn, Placer, California, USA (Auburn Faith Hospital; Age at Death: 63). Married to James O Jordan.
7. Sharlott Temple Roach was born in 1945 in Louisiana, USA. She was living in 2019. She married James C. Pickens on Nov 05, 1991.

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary for Lorena Rankin Roach
2. ↑ "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DGB6-MQMM : 23 November 2020), Miss Lorena Rankin in entry for Mr W L Roach, 29 Sep 1928; citing Marriage, Simpson, Mississippi, United States, 00307, citing multiple county clerks; Mississippi Department of Archives and History, Jackson.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37505485/lorena-roach: accessed 22 November 2022), memorial page for Lorena Rankin Roach (11 Jun 1911–4 Mar 2000), Find a Grave Memorial ID 37505485, citing Pajaro Valley Memorial Park, Watsonville, Santa Cruz County, California, USA; Maintained by Bridget (contributor 47050814) .

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JB3B-MP8 : 20 May 2014), Lorena Roach, 04 Mar 2000; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK2P-NLJF : accessed 28 August 2022), Lorena Roach in entry for Carolyn Frances Roach Jordan, California, United States, 08 Mar 2006; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing El Dorado Hills Telegraph, born-digital text.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYP4-L6N : 17 May 2014), Lorena Roach in household of W L Roach, Police Jury Ward 6, Madison, Louisiana, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 33-15, sheet 2A, family 24, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1412.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9MZ-TTC : 8 December 2015), Lorena Roach in entry for Winburn Roach, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNTX-T1H : 14 December 2015), Larna Rankin in household of Madison Rankin, Beat 1, Simpson, Mississippi, United States; citing sheet 3A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,893.