There may possible be a connection between this family and the William Eagles of Gloucestershire, born 1852, that was on board the emigrant ship COSPATRICK which burned and sank on the 19th of November 1874 sailing from London to New Zealand. All passengers perished. See:
http://www.old-merseytimes.co.uk/cospatrick.html
From Transcripts of Parish registers of St Giles Church, Willenhall by P. Galloway found on:
http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/stgiles.htm
From Transcripts of Parish registers of St Giles Church, Willenhall by P. Galloway found on:
http://www.wolverhamptonarchives.dial.pipex.com/stgiles.htm
Telephone conversation with David Patterson on 10 June 2001.
He had found Rose living at
10 Trees Road
Walsall
with lodger Mr and Mrs Cambell
in electoral register from 1945 to 1964, by which time the lodgers had left
David Patterson thinks she then went into a home.Eric Rock says she moved to a block of flats between The Delves (pub) and The Navigation (pub)
David Patterson has searched for her birth and death certificates with no success. The GRO informed David Patterson that there is no trace of the birth of Rose Rock between 1875 and 1885 nor between 1892 and 1894.
Her date of birth was given on her death certificate as 2 August 1889
David Paterson found the baptismal record of Rose Rock at Stafford Record Office. She was baptised at St Paul's Church, Walsall on 22 August 1889. The record also shows her birth date as 2 August 1889 and her parents as (Samuel) George Rock and Mary Ann Rock.There is no trace of this Rose Rock in the 1901 census although the rest of the family are living at 2 Folly House Cottages, Caldmore, Walsall. Rose would have been 11 years old at the time but is not shown in the census record which is reference: RG13/2704 Folio 183 Page 49. The following searches have been tried:
Surname ROCK, Forename blank, Female aged 11, born in Walsall. No results.
Surname ROCK, Forename blank, Female aged 11, born in Staff*. 8 results.
Surname blank, Forename Rose, Female aged 11, born in Staff*. 105 results.
Possibly Pernell
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