Rock Billie (abt. 1848 - 1925)

Descendants

Died 2 Mar 1925 at about age 77 in Del Norte, California, United States

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Biography

Rock was Hoopa Valley Tribe.

Rock Billie was a Native American, born in 1848^[1]He was married to Rosie John. They had sons named Fred and Dewey. Rock died on 2 March 1925 in Del Norte County, California, USA and is buried in the How-On-Quet Cemetery in Smith River, Del Norte, California, USA.^[1][2]

There is a street in Del Norte County, north of Crescent City in the Fort Dick area that is called Rock Billy Drive. It is "a 1990 street named by Joey Wier for a member of the Tolowa Indian tribe. Rock Billy was so dubbed by the local whites because he lived on the shores of Lake Earl where there is a large rock. Its exact location is southwest of this street that is his namesake."^[3]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG8R-QT6Q : 28 August 2019), Rock Billy, California; citing Death, , 185, NARA microfilm publication M595 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1967), various rolls.
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 23 December 2019), memorial page for Rock Billie (unknown–2 Mar 1925), Find A Grave: Memorial #112107576, citing How-On-Quet Cemetery, Del Norte County, California, USA ; Maintained by john haines (contributor 47103328)
3. ↑ Quentin, M. Libr., Quentin's Guide to the Streets of Crescent City, Smith River, and Vicinity, Second Draft, February 1995

See also:

• Indian Census Rolls, Hoopa Valley, Del Norte, California, 1 Nov 1910 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99W8-S2C8?cc=2761958&personaUrl=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AQRSY-GKW2