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While popular in Ireland, the first documented usage of the Roche surname was in Portugal from a Monsignor de la Roche who arrived in Portugal on his way to the Holy Land from possibly Flanders during the reign of Afonso III of Portugal and assisted in the taking of Silves from the Moors. His descendants used the Portuguese version of the word, 'da Rocha'. Another wave of the Roche family arrived from the Diocese of Fermoy, Ireland where they were viscounts during the reign of Joao I. This family helped with the Portuguese war against Castile and this gentlemen had three sons, Gomes, Louis, and Raymond. It is from D. Gomes da Rocha where the Portuguese version of the name continued onto later generations.Select Audience
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I am a decendant of Maurice Roach, born County Kilkenny 1834, died Welland County, Ontario, Canada 1893. Arrived at Montreal early 1850's. Looking for any information of his family that remained in Ireland.
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Hello my name is Michael Roach and I am looking for long lost family/ cousins in Wales and Ireland that might share the same sur name as me or have Family relations with the same last name. I currently live in the Salt Lake Valley of Utah and have been doing some genealogy with my Mom. Our Family has been living in the America’s since the late 1600’s when Francis Roach sailed from Bristol England to the Virginia Colonies. We think his father was Nicholas Roach and they lived in Bristington. My parents did the 23 and me and discovered that most of our DNA is from Ireland and Wales. So I am curious if we have any long lost family. Please send me a message or email me at (michaelroach456@gmail.com) . Thanks for your patients, I hope to hear from someone soon.