Brief Life History of William H
When William H Rose was born in 1819, in New York City, New York, United States, his father, William Rose, was 34 and his mother, Hannah Waters, was 19. He married Eunice Johnson on 28 March 1841, in Minford, Harrison Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Berlin Township, Delaware, Ohio, United States in 1870 and Phillipsburg, Phillips, Kansas, United States in 1880.
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- Wm H Rose, "United States Census, 1870"
- William Rose, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Wm M Rose in household of Thomas Allison, "United States Census, 1850"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State
During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.
1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (from Latin rosa), in various applications. In part, it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion (compare 4 below). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa ), Slovak Róža and Czech Roza . Compare 6 below and French Larose 2.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Rohese, Roese, later Rose, Royse (ancient Germanic Hrodohaidis, Rothaid, composed of the elements hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + haid(is) ‘kind, sort’).
English and Scottish: variant of Ross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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