Martin Roach's obituary, Saginaw, Saginaw County, Michigan

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Death of Martin Roach
August 1919, Newmarket Era Newspaper, Ontario
Martin Roach, who came to Canada on an old time gailing vessel when 10 years of age 
and who married his second wife, Catherine Gooney of whitechurch in 1887, is dead  
He was born in Kearney, Ireland in 1833 and settled with his parents in Scott Township.
He moved to Saginaw, Mich. where his death occured last week. He leaves 53 descendants, 
of whom 14 are great grandchildren.  The survivors are: Mrs. P. Gooney of Oak Ridges, 
Ont; J. S. Roach  of Mimico, Ont.; Robert Jacob and Mrs T. Wheeler, of Winnipeg, Man; 
Cephas and Frank of Saskatchewan, Jas. A. and Mrs Lenton, of Detroit, and Edgar and 
Agnes, of Sagainaw.  The late Mr. Roach was a Liberal in Politics and resided at 
Lemonville for many years.




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