THE CORRECT MEMORIAL IS HERE FRANK ROQUET 'ROCKEY'
THE SURNAME ON THE HEADSTONES FOR THIS FAMILY IS AN ERROR, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROQUET EXCEPT FOR AN ERROR BY THE STONE CUTTERS.
FRANK WAS THE SON OF FREDERICK ROQUET AND CAME TO THE US IN 1851 FROM FRANCE.
HE CHOSE TO GO BY THE SURNAME ROCKEY, WHICH HE USED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME AS DID HIS CHILDREN. ALL OBITUARIES, FAMILY CENSUS DOCUMENTS, FREMONT SCHOOL PHOTOS FOR NORMAN, ROSS AND RELLA, WHITE FAMILY PORTRAITS AND REFERENCE IN REGIONAL HISTORY BOOKS REFERENCE THE NAME CORRECTLY AS EITHER ROQUET OR AS ROCKEY.
ROQUET FAMILY STILL LIVING IN FREMONT SPELL THEIR SURNAME ROQUET BUT PRONOUNCE IT ROCKY.
THE CORRECT MEMORIAL IS HERE FRANK ROQUET 'ROCKEY'
THE SURNAME ON THE HEADSTONES FOR THIS FAMILY IS AN ERROR, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ROQUET EXCEPT FOR AN ERROR BY THE STONE CUTTERS.
FRANK WAS THE SON OF FREDERICK ROQUET AND CAME TO THE US IN 1851 FROM FRANCE.
HE CHOSE TO GO BY THE SURNAME ROCKEY, WHICH HE USED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFETIME AS DID HIS CHILDREN. ALL OBITUARIES, FAMILY CENSUS DOCUMENTS, FREMONT SCHOOL PHOTOS FOR NORMAN, ROSS AND RELLA, WHITE FAMILY PORTRAITS AND REFERENCE IN REGIONAL HISTORY BOOKS REFERENCE THE NAME CORRECTLY AS EITHER ROQUET OR AS ROCKEY.
ROQUET FAMILY STILL LIVING IN FREMONT SPELL THEIR SURNAME ROQUET BUT PRONOUNCE IT ROCKY.
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