ROCK, John William

John William Rock

born 1848
died - not known

John William Rock was born in Islington, London in 1848 (1) the son of John Dennis Rock, a tin and tin plate merchant and his wife Emma Guard. The 1851 census shows the family at 46 Park Street, Islington. John Dennis Rock who was born in Birmingham is then aged 48 years and Emma Rock who was born in Devizes, Wiltshire is 31 years old. The census also shows one other child, a daughter Lydia Rock who is aged 9 months. Also at 46 Park Street are two servants, Sarah Jones and Margaret Sleigh.(2) The 1861 census shows the family at Blackburn House in Southgate, Middlesex. John William Rock is twelve years old, his father was then aged 58 years, his occupation is a merchant.

John William Rock married Dorothea Mackay Fraser on 30 June 1876 at the First Church, Dunedin. He was then aged 28 years and Dorothea was aged 25 years.(3) There were at least three children of the marriage:
John Dennis Rock born about 1877 New Zealand (5)
Edith Christina Rock born about 1880 New Zealand (6)
Winifred E. C. Rock born about 1883 New South Wales, Australia (7)

Dorothea McKay Rock died 5 August 1933 at her home Darlinghurst, Sydney aged 82 years
(1) Births Sep 1848 Islington vol. 3 page 262
(2) 1851 census Middlesex, Islington, Islington West, District 9 page 19
(3) 1876/1255 Dorothea MacKay Fraser John William Rock
(4) First Church Dunedin Marriages 1848 to 1920 - 1876 19/1/04
(5) 1877/5309 BDM NZ
(6) 1880/3510 BDM NZ
(7) 5826/1883 Petersham. BDM NSW 

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3142, 22 June 1882, Page 2

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3225, 23 September 1882, Page 3

Messrs R. Clifford and Co., of Dunedin, who have gained an extensive reputation as photographers, will open a branch establishment in Oamaru on the 14th inst. in the studio lately occupied by Messrs Ferrier and Rock.

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3486, 7 November 1883, Page 2

North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3486, 7 November 1883, Page 3

The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 14 August 1889, page 14