Rose Pokriefki

Female7 June 1891–13 March 1924

Brief Life History of Rose

Rose Pokriefki was born on 7 June 1891, in Michigan, United States as the daughter of John C Pockriefki and Lena Remus. She married Eugene M. Lamkin on 12 April 1909, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. She lived in Detroit Ward 6, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1910 and Huron Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 13 March 1924, in Michigan, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Wayne, Michigan, United States.

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Eugene M. Lamkin
1870–1928
Rose Pokriefki
1891–1924
Marriage: 12 April 1909

Sources (5)

  • Rose Lamkin in household of Eugene Lamkin, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Rose Pokrifke, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Rose Lamkin in household of Eugene Lamkin, "United States Census, 1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 April 1909Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 5

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1897 · Beginnings of Kmart

    Age 6

    Detroit was the home of the second dime and nickel stores that S. S. Kresge owned. After two years with John McCrory, his partner, he traded his share in the Memphis store, plus $3,000, for full ownership of the Detroit store and formed the Kresge & Wilson Company with his brother-in-law, Charles J. Wilson. In 1962, the S. S. Kresge Company would rebrand and change their name to Kmart.

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 10

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    Name Meaning

    Ostensibly from the vocabulary word denoting the flower (Latin rosa). However, the name was in use throughout the Middle Ages, long before any of the other girls' names derived from flowers, which are generally of 19th-century origin. In part it may refer to the flower as a symbol of the Virgin Mary, but it seems more likely that it also has a Germanic origin, probably as a short form of various girls' names based on hros ‘horse’ or hrōd ‘fame’. The Latinate form Rohesia is commonly found in documents of the Middle Ages. As well as being a name in its own right, it is currently used as a short form of Rosemary and, less often (because of their different pronunciation), of other names beginning Ros-, such as Rosalind and Rosamund .

    Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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