Brief Life History of Sarah Crapo
When Sarah Crapo Ross was born on 16 December 1867, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Alphonso Ross, was 40 and her mother, Sarah Bush Crapo, was 32. She married Charles Woodbury Whittier on 28 April 1892, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 21 March 1955, at the age of 87, and was buried in Milton, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Sarah Whittier in household of Charles W Whittier, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah Crapo Ross, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Sarah C. Ross, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
Spouse and Children
1866–1949 Male
1867–1955 Female
Children (5)
1893–1973 Male
1895– Female
1897– Female
1898– Male
1904–1984 Male
Parents and Siblings
1827–1890 Male
1835–1930 Female
Siblings (2)
1861–1882 Female
1867–1955 Female
World Events (8)
1868 · Impeach the President!
Age 1
1868 · The Fourteenth Amendment
Age 1
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 23
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from one or other of a number of Scottish and English places called Ross or Roos(e), especially Roose (Lancashire) and Roos (East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from a British ancestor of Welsh rhos ‘moor, heath, plain’, which is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. The Scottish surname has at least three origins. First, the Anglo-Norman family from Roos (East Yorkshire) was introduced to Scotland when Robert of Roos, lord of Wark Castle (Northumberland), married Isabella, an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion. Second, various families took the name from the province of Ross in northern Scotland and other places of that name. Third, there were Norman families in Scotland by the 13th century who probably derived their name from Rots in Normandy (see 2 below). The descendants of Godfrey de Ros, tenant of the de Morville lords of Cunninghame, were major landholders in Ayrshire, and almost certainly took their name from Rots. The Rose family of Kilravock (Nairnshire) may take their name from either of these three (see Rose ). The lairds of Balnagown adopted the surname Ross after the earldom of Ross (to which they considered themselves rightful heirs) had passed into other hands through the female line.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Rots in Calvados (France), probably named with the ancient Germanic element rod ‘clearing’ (compare Rhodes ). This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 and had major estates in Kent until well into the 13th century.
English: habitational name from Wrose, in Shipley, near Bradford (Yorkshire), with re-spelling of Wr- as R- due to the loss of /w/ before /r/ in early modern English pronunciation. The spelling Wrose is no longer current. The placename derives from Old English wrāse ‘knot, something twisted’, referring to the steep-sided hill on which the settlement stands, with the sense ‘broken or twisting hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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