Brief Life History of Grada
When Grada Roth was born on 3 July 1848, in Ameide, South Holland, Netherlands, her father, Lourens Roth, was 37 and her mother, Elisabeth van Hal, was 35. She married Gijs van der Ham on 10 May 1872, in Ameide, South Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She died on 11 December 1929, in Ameide, South Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 81, and was buried in Ameide, South Holland, Netherlands.
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Family Time Line
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- Grada Roth in entry for Hendrik Louwrens Van Der Ham, "Netherlands, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910"
- Grada Roth, "Netherlands, Marriages, 1565-1892"
- Grada Roth in entry for Van Der Ham, "Netherlands, Deaths and Burials, 1668-1945"
Spouse and Children
1851–1922 Male
1848–1929 Female
Children (14)
1872–1872 Male
1873–1873 Male
1874–1875 Male
1875–1953 Female
1877–1935 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1811–1866 Male
1812–1864 Female
Siblings (11)
1836–1854 Female
1837–1921 Male
1839–1862 Male
1841–1918 Male
1843–1921 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1853
Age 5
1863
Age 15
1870 · Amstel Brewery
Age 22
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a person with red hair, from Middle High German rōt, German rot ‘red’. As a Jewish name it is at least in part artificial: its frequency as a Jewish surname is disproportionate to the number of Jews who, one may reasonably assume, were red-headed during the period of surname adoption. This form of the German surname (especially in this sense and in the sense 2 below) is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine), where it is most common, and in some other European countries, e.g. Czechia and Croatia.
German and English (Middlesex): topographic name for someone who lived on land that had been cleared, from Old High German rod, Middle English roth(e) (Old English roth) ‘clearing’. In England, the name may also be a habitational name from any of the places like Rothend in Ashdon (Essex), Roe End in Markyate (Hertfordshire), Roe Green in Hatfield (Hertfordshire), or Roe Green in Sandon (Hertfordshire).
German: from a short form of any of various ancient Germanic personal names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’. Compare Rode 1, Ross 4.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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