Giertrud Margrete Christensdr Roe was born about 1714, in Råbjerg, Åstrup, Denmark. She had at least 2 sons. She died on 14 April 1793, in Hjørring, Denmark, at the age of 80, and was buried in Hjørring, Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English rā). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, rā remained unrounded and survives as Ray 3.
English: post-medieval variant of Wroe (see Wray ). Wroe may also have been used as a spelling of Roe .
English: post-medieval variant of Row (or vice versa); see Rowe .
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