Researching James Orrock
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 188 people with the Orrock surname? In that year Orrock was ranked number 3391 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Orrock on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Orrock and the Orrock Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 243 people with the Orrock surname in the UK? Orrock is now ranked number 3813 for popularity in the UK. |
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Some Famous People called James Orrock
James Orrock
James Orrock R.I., R.O.I. (1829 – 10 May 1913), was a prominent Scottish collector of art and oriental ceramics, illustrator and landscape watercolourist. The scale of his involvement with the art trade and with top collectors such as John Ruskin is highlighted in the large two volume set of books published about him by Byron Webber: published in London, Chatto and Windus 1903: James Orrock R.I., Painter, Connoisseur, Collector. Rather than being a forger as some modern scholars like to believe Orrock was a dedicated enthusiast of contemporary British art and emulated some of those artists in his own work. He illustrated three books in the style of Turner: Mary Queen-of-Scots, 1906; Old England : her story mirrored in her scenes, 1908; and, In the Border country, 1906.
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Other names that sound a bit like Orrock
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