William
Roach
Born in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Roach
and Mary A. (Thomas) Roach
Brother of
Thomas Roach, Robert Roach, John Roach, Mary (Roach) Ninnes, Henry Roach, James Roach, Kitty Roach, Paul Roach, Jane Thomas (Roach) Deeble, Sarah (Roach) Bruse, Frances (Roach) Pascoe, Jacob Roach, Isaac Roach, Jacob Roach, Henry Roach, Mathew Roach and Peter Thomas Roach
Husband of
Mary (Hall) Roach
— married
27 Oct 1853 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Father of
Bessie Mary (Roach) Scarfe
Died
at age 35
in Adelaide, South Australia
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Oct 2013
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Biography
William Roach came free to the Colony of South Australia (1836-1900)
William Roach was born in Cornwall, England, on 27 Oct 1823. He was the son of Thomas Roach and Mary A. Thomas.
He immigrated to the South Australian Colony on the Bussorah Merchant in 1848 with his parents and sibings and their extended families. [1][2][3]
William Roach died from consumption (tuberculosis) at Adelaide, South Australia, aged 36.[4][5] He was buried in the West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia with his wife Mary and three of their children, Sarah, William and Frances (Fanny).[6][7]
Sources
- ↑ BUSSORAH MERCHANT 1848 from the Bound For South Australia website. first accessed online on the 18th of September, 2021
- ↑ Passengers for 07/07/1848 - 10/11/1848 from the PASSENGERS IN HISTORY website. first accessed online on the 18th of September, 2021 at: https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/voyage-passengers-all/944445/07/07/1848%20-%2010/11/1848?page=6
- ↑ Barque Bussorah Merchant, 650 tons, Captain Edwards, from London 1848 & Plymouth 7th July 1848, arrived at Port Adelaide, South Australia 10th November 1848. transcribed and submitted to The Ships List by Robert Janmaat. first accessed online on the 18th of September, 2021 at: http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/australia/bussorahmerchant1848.shtml
- ↑ Family Notices (1859, July 13). South Australian Register (Adelaide, SA : 1839 - 1900), p. 2. Retrieved March 11, 2023, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article49824022
- ↑ South Australian Births, Deaths & Marriages: DEATH: ROACH, William - gender: M - district: Adelaide - book/page: 9/34 - year of death: 1859
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/162381458/william-roach : accessed 19 September 2021), memorial page for William Roach (1823–8 Jun 1859), Find a Grave Memorial ID Find A Grave: Memorial #162381458, citing West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, Adelaide City, South Australia, Australia ; Maintained by Dwight Baker (contributor 47306645)
- ↑ Inscription 9719105 - William Roach. from the Australian Cemeteries Index. first accessed online on the 19th of September, 2021 at: https://austcemindex.com/inscription?id=9719105 (note: no gravestone photograph)
- Ancestry Family Trees http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=61814254&pid=128
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Michael Yeats for creating WikiTree profile Roach-864 through the import of Roach Simplified.ged on Oct 21, 2013.
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