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John Henry (Rochford) Rochfort (1868 - 1922)

Captain John Henry Rochfort formerly Rochford
Born in Halswell, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealandmap
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Husband of — married 1895 in New Zealandmap
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Died at age 53 in Auckland, New Zealandmap
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Biography

John was born in 1869 to John and Amelia Susan.[1] He married Margaret Louisa Scanlan in 1895.[2] He passed away in 1922.[3][4]

Sources

Birth Notice: Nelson Examiner & New Zealand Chronicle, Issue 2, 6 January 1869: "BIRTHS. On the 18th December, at Christchurch, Canterbury, the wife of Mr John Rochfort, of a son."

Birth Notice: Lyttelton Times, Issue 2485, 19 December 1868: "BIRTHS. ROCHFORT - Dec 18, at Halswell, Mrs John Rochfort, of a son."

Death Notice: New Zealand Herald, Issue 18195, 14 September 1922: "ROCHFORT:- On September 12, at Auckland, suddenly, J. H. Rochfort, master mariner, eldest son of Mrs Rochfort, of Nelson, and the late John Rochfort, C.E. Funeral private."

  1. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-BJHN : 27 November 2017), John Henry Rochford, 1869; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1869/26276, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
  2. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-TKJY : 4 October 2016), John Henry Rochfort and Margaret Louisa Scanlan, 1895; citing Marriage, New Zealand, registration number 1895/64, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
  3. ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG6K-QK93 : 4 January 2018), John Henry Rochfort, 1922; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1922/5368, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
  4. ↑ "New Zealand, Auckland, Waikumete Cemetery Records, 1886-1948," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SB-LDHN : 17 March 2018), John Henry Rochfort, 14 Sep 1922; citing Burial, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, 121, entry 12, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden; FHL microfilm 993,958.




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