George Rockey Records 1786-1855

Date: 29 Apr 2022 [unknown]
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Surname/tag: Rockey, Lohr, Margaret_Unknown

Records from the Historical Society of Pennsylvania are copies of the actual church records where Maria_Rockey and Elizabeth_Rockey were baptized. The records list: parents, sponsors, birth dates and baptism dates. Both records list George and Margaretha as the parents of Maria and Elizabeth. All of the Findagrave records listed below for George, Sarah, Catherine, John L, and Margaret indicate that Unknown-463818 | Margaret_Unknown is their mother. Family Search Records for Lucy_Ann_Rockey and William_Rockey also list Margaret as their mother. Records from Intermet, Mifflinburg Cemetery show that Margaret and George are buried next to each other. Margaret's other various records coincide with 1790 - 1848. Archives.com is more specific and states her DOB is 9 Jan 1790, and her DOD is 9 Jun 1848, at Mifflinburg, Union County, PA. Her children's DOB's range from 1810-1830.

The Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, page 517 sources listed, states George Rockey and Elizabeth Lohr are the parents of John_L_Rockey. On all of the Findagrave memorials listed state that John L Rockey is the son of George Rockey and Margaret unknown and not Elizabeth Lohr. The Archives.com report for John L Rockey states his parents were George Rockey and Elizabeth Lohr. Other family trees list Elizabeths DOB as sometime before 1792. Her report from Archives.com states she was born in Union, Pennsylvania, DOD 9 Jun 1848, at Mifflinburg, Union, Pennsylvania which is exactly the same at Margaret's. It is impossible for George to have had two wives at the same time. It has come to my attention from my Best family tree, which is also German, that for several generations it was a German custom to double name their children many with the same first name and then referring to them by their second name. Which seems to be true with many of my German ancestors. From the research I have performed, it is my personal theory that Elizabeth Lohr and Margaretha unknown may in fact be the same person. Example; Elizabeth Margaretha Lohr 9 Jan 1790- 9 Jun 1848 seems to fit the information provided in the records. I will continue to do the research on this topic and try to either verify or disprove my theory but felt it should be brought to the attention of anyone researching this family that this is an issue, and many of the records are inaccurate because of it. CJ Merrifield aka Carol Bourke