Eleanor Rose McCann was the daughter of Irish immigrant, Edward McCann, born about 1846 in Ireland. On 10 October 1880, already in Philadelphia, he had married Annie E. Lambert, born about 1852 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrant parents. She eloped, marrying William Roland Bockus, Sr., 1891-1960, on 5 July 1905, in Wilmington, Delaware. They soon returned to live in Philadelphia where they had 2 children:
Luella Bockus, 10 Jul 1911 – 25 Feb 2007
William Roland Bockus Jr, 15 Feb 1913 - 31 Jan 1992
Alas, while her husband was serving his country as a US Marine during World War I, Eleanor Rose (McCann) Bockus contracted tuberculosis. She died shortly after his return home on October 22, 1919, and was buried at New Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia, near her late father. Her husband remarried in 1921 and did not die until 1960 when he was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexell Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near his parents and other Bockus family members.
Luella Bockus, 10 Jul 1911 – 25 Feb 2007
William Roland Bockus Jr, 15 Feb 1913 - 31 Jan 1992
Alas, while her husband was serving his country as a US Marine during World War I, Eleanor Rose (McCann) Bockus contracted tuberculosis. She died shortly after his return home on October 22, 1919, and was buried at New Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia, near her late father. Her husband remarried in 1921 and did not die until 1960 when he was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexell Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near his parents and other Bockus family members.
Eleanor Rose McCann was the daughter of Irish immigrant, Edward McCann, born about 1846 in Ireland. On 10 October 1880, already in Philadelphia, he had married Annie E. Lambert, born about 1852 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrant parents. She eloped, marrying William Roland Bockus, Sr., 1891-1960, on 5 July 1905, in Wilmington, Delaware. They soon returned to live in Philadelphia where they had 2 children:
Luella Bockus, 10 Jul 1911 – 25 Feb 2007
William Roland Bockus Jr, 15 Feb 1913 - 31 Jan 1992
Alas, while her husband was serving his country as a US Marine during World War I, Eleanor Rose (McCann) Bockus contracted tuberculosis. She died shortly after his return home on October 22, 1919, and was buried at New Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia, near her late father. Her husband remarried in 1921 and did not die until 1960 when he was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexell Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near his parents and other Bockus family members.
Luella Bockus, 10 Jul 1911 – 25 Feb 2007
William Roland Bockus Jr, 15 Feb 1913 - 31 Jan 1992
Alas, while her husband was serving his country as a US Marine during World War I, Eleanor Rose (McCann) Bockus contracted tuberculosis. She died shortly after his return home on October 22, 1919, and was buried at New Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia, near her late father. Her husband remarried in 1921 and did not die until 1960 when he was buried at Arlington Cemetery, Drexell Hill, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, near his parents and other Bockus family members.
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