on 1/4/05 1:04 am, Lyn Tregilgas at lyn.tregilgas@ozemail.com.au wrote: > In a Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833, I see that a Mr Roch was a > prominent citizen of St Ishmaels. Does anyone know anything about him please. > > Lyn > Adelaide > South Australia Hello Lyn Four members of the Roch family, who lived at the house called Butterhill [now a ruin] in St Ishmaels from 17?? to 1906, were High Sheriffs [of Pembrokeshire?]. This very limited information was gleaned from "Historic Pembrokeshire Homes and their Families" [Major Francis Jones] The only possible candidate in the 1841 census index is a George Roch described as "Ind."[of independent means] aged 45, living with a William Roch, clergyman [40] and a Martha Roch [25, not born in PEM] Gerry Lewis