My Genealogy Oct 7, 2012

GENEALOGY OF MICHAEL DAVID ROCKHOLT

October 7, 2012

1.         Charles ROCKHOLT  [Note 1]

b) 1685

D) 1741

+ Elizabeth WRIGHT

b) Unk

d) 1722

2.       John ROCKHOLT

b) 1721

D) 1786

+ Elizabeth Elenor TALBOT

b) 1721 Baltimore, Maryland, Colony

d) Unk

3.      Charles ROCKHOLT

b) 17 Feb 1739 Baltimore, Maryland, Colony

d) 7 Jun 1844  Sullivan, Tennessee

+ Ruth MARSH

b) 1748 Maryland, Colony

d) 1816 Bluff City, Sullivan Co. Tennessee

4.       Lloyd ROCKHOLT

b) 1776 Anne Arundel, Maryland

d) 8 Jul 1853  Livingston, Missouri

+ 31 Oct 1803  Carter, Tennessee

Elizabeth BUCK

b) 7 Jul 1776 Bedford, Pennsylvania

d)  Unk

5.      William Alford ROCKHOLT

b) 23 Mar 1829  Rhea, Tennessee

d) Unk

+ Elizabeth PRESLEY

b) Unk                      Butler, Alabama

d) 1868   Independence, Arkansas

  

6.       William Alford ROCKHOLT

b)  21 Mar 1861  Arkansas City, Arkansas

d)  1 Jul 1933  Lone Grove, Pittsburg Co., Arkansas

+  1883  Arkansas

Arzelle Victoria CANADY

b)  22 Aug 1858  Greenbriar, Independence Co, Arkansas

d)  10 Aug 1910  Keota, Haskell Co., Oklahoma

7.       Walter William ROCKHOLT          [Note 2]

b) 6 Dec 1886  North Fork White River, Baxter Co., Arkansas

d)  1 Oct 1980 Pheonix, Maricopa Co., Arizona

+ 19 Apr 1908  Franklin, Arkansas

Martha Eugena BOATWRIGHT

b) 26 Jul 1891  Franklin, Arkansas

d) 28 May 1928  Hartford, Sebastion Co., Arkansas

8.       William Franklin ROCKHOLT Sr.

b)  16 Jan 1909  Arkansas City, Arkansas

d)  26 Dec 1971  Arvin, Kern Co., California

+ Bertha Lillian PERRY

b) 14 Mar 1913  Keota, Haskell Co., Oklahoma

d)  7 Oct 2004  Arvin, Kern Co., Arkansas

9.       Michael David ROCKHOLT

b)  4 Nov 1942  Kilgore, Texas

  

  Note 1.  Variations in the name ROCKHOLT:  Rockhold, Rockhould are generally accepted to be either misrecorded spellings or possibly the root spelling from which Rockholt was derived.  For now it is pure speculation.  I assume those who carry the Rockhold and Rockhould name today feel that their spelling is the correct one.  

Note 2.  Granddad was known to me as Walter William, there are other family members who believe his name was William Walter, census records show entries as both William and Walter as son of William A and Arzell(e) Rockholt.  Since he always used “W W Rockholt” on everything that I can find, I have relied upon the fact that Walter seems to be more prevalent than William.

PS:  I have since found documents which appear to be in Granddad's own hand written as William Walter, so with that I put it to rest,  W.W. is William Walter.