Rose Cornelius English

Brief Life History of Rose Cornelius

When Rose Cornelius English was born on 7 April 1901, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, her father, James Albert English, was 25 and her mother, Ada Mary Cooke, was 28. She married Benjamin Whitehead on 26 January 1920, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in San Diego Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940. She died on 28 July 1962, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Fort Rosecrans, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Whitehead
1896–1972
Rose Cornelius English
1901–1962
Marriage: 26 January 1920
Jack Benjamin Whitehead
1920–2005
Frances Colleen Whitehead
1922–2005
Frank Donald Whitehead
1927–2020
Robert Malcolm Whitehead
1932–1953

Sources (26)

  • Rose C Whitehead, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Rose English Whitehead, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
  • Mrs Rose Whitehead in entry for Ada Mary English, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

World Events (8)

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Welsh: ethnic name from Middle English English, Inglish, Inglis ‘English’ (Old English Englisc), sometimes alternating with Anglo-Norman French Engleis, Engles, Anglais, Angles (Old French Englois). Compare Inglis and England . Among the aristocracy and upper gentry it marked out a man of English ancestry from one of Norman or continental origin. In counties bordering England with Scotland and Wales the name distinguished an Englishman from a Scot or a native Welshman on both sides of the border. The name may also have been acquired by English merchants who traded abroad or who lived and worked in a ‘French’ borough in England (one exclusively administered by Normans).

Irish: in Ireland, this name was used to denote an Englishman, often being adopted for Irish Aingléis ‘Englishman’ or through mistranslation for Mac an Ghallóglaigh, see Gallogly and Golightly .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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