Brief Life History of John Wesley
When John Wesley Royse was born on 4 January 1843, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Royse, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Rebecca Reeves, was 38. He married Martha Ann Wilson on 8 October 1869, in Fleming, Kentucky, United States. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Morehead, Rowan, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Camargo, Montgomery, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 15 April 1918, in Rowan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Rowan, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (19)
- John Royse, "United States Census, 1880"
- John W Royse in entry for John Royse and Catherine I Turner, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- John W. Royse, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
Spouse and Children
1843–1918 Male
1856–1905 Female
Children (7)
1878–1899 Male
1882–1957 Female
1887–1921 Male
1889– Male
1889– Male
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Parents and Siblings
1809– Male
1805–1880 Female
Siblings (9)
1835–1852 Female
1836– Male
1837–1913 Female
1841–1898 Male
1843–1918 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1848
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1863
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Rose .
Norwegian (Røyse): habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Røyse, from Old Norse hreysi ‘heap of stones’.
Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): variant of Roys .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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