Brief Life History of Ruth
Ruth Rochester was born about 1806, in South Carolina, United States. She married John Rochester Sr. in 1819, in South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1845, in her hometown, at the age of 40.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- *Rutta Rochester in entry for John J Rochester and Sarah Esther Sykes, "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911"
Spouse and Children
1804–1840 Male
1806–1845 Female
Children (5)
1814–1857 Male
1822– Female
1825–1900 Male
1826– Male
1828–1891 Female
World Events (6)
1808
Age 2
1812
Age 6
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 13
Name Meaning
English (Northumberland and Durham):
habitational name from one of three places in Northumberland with names whose early spellings are very similar and sometimes difficult to distinguish from each other. Rudchester in Ovingham is probably the likeliest source of the surname, which is concentrated in the southern half of Northumberland, but Rochester parish and a lost Ruchester in Chollerton are both possible candidates. Rudchester in Ovingham may derive from Old Norse rauthr ‘red’ + Old English ceaster ‘(Roman) city, old fortification’. Rochester parish derives from an uncertain first element + Old English ceaster. The lost Ruchester in Chollerton probably derives from Old English rūh ‘rough’ + ceaster, as does Rocester (Staffordshire), for which see Roster .
occasionally a habitational name from the better-known city of Rochester (Kent), recorded by Bede (c. 730) under the names of both Dorubrevi and Hrofæcæstre. The former represents the original British name, composed of the elements duro- ‘fortress’ and brīvā ‘bridge’. The second represents a shortened form of this (possibly affected by folk etymological connection with Old English hrōf ‘roof’) combined with an explanatory Old English cæster ‘Roman fort’ (from Latin castra ‘military camp’). In other cases there may also have been confusion with Wroxeter in Shropshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Rochecestre. Compare Register and Rossiter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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