Obituary Monday~Mrs. Lula McGrath Brock

 Lula McGrath was borne November 1873, a daughter of John Oscar McGrath and Louisa Elizabeth “Lucy” McIntyre of Baltimore Maryland.

On 13 November 1894, Lula McGrath and William Calhoun Brock were married in Norfolk, Norfolk, Virginia.

They would have 5 children; daughter Harriet passed away as a young child.

Mrs. Lula McGrath Brock

Mrs. Lula McGrath Brock, 83, widow of William C. Brock, died at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Robert H. Riddell, 10 Weston Ct., Braintree, Mass., Saturday at 9 a.m.
Besides Mrs. Ridell she is survived by two other daughters,Mrs. Helen Shea of Philadelphia, Pa. and Mrs. Oren E.  Hopkins of Norfolk; a son, Irvin Peter Brock of Philadelphia; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Mrs. Brock was a native of Baltimore and had been a resident of Norfolk for a number of years and had made her resident in Massachusetts for the past four years.
Funeral services will be conducted at the Hollomon-Brown Funeral Home, Tuesday at 2. P.m. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.

Lula’s husband, William Calhoun Brock was my 1st Cousin 3X Removed.

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1. "Mrs. Lula McGrath Brock," obituary, Ledger-Star - Norfolk, Virginia, 13 May 1957, Page 8, column 6; Digital On-Line Archives, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com/ : viewed 28 July 2023); https://www.newspapers.com/.

2. "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch.org/ (https://familysearch.org/ : viewed 3 May 2023), Marriage: Wm. Calhoun Brock & Lula Mcgrath, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XR99-PM7.

3. 1900 U. S. Census, Norfolk (Independent City), Virginia, population schedule, Norfolk Ward 1, Norfolk City, Virginia, enumeration district (ED) 86, Page 20A/87(stamped), Line 14, Dwelling 262, Family 396, Household of William C. BROCK; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : viewed 8 October 2013); citing National Archives Microfilm T623_Roll: 1735.