Brief Life History of Benjamin Franklin
When Benjamin Franklin Rose Sr was born on 2 May 1789, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, William Rose, was 34 and his mother, Elizabeth Alton, was 34. He married Hannah Dilley in 1808, in Guernsey, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 18 July 1825, in Senecaville, Richland Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Ohio, United States.
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- 1807 Wills, 1784-1917 ; bonds, 1784-1834 ; index to wills, 1784-1949
- Record of Wills: Guernsey. Will Records 1812–1841
- Benjamin Rose in entry for Elizabeth Rose, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1791 · The Bill of Rights
After the Constitution was made, some objections were raised by Anti-Federalists. So, in response ten amendments were discussed and voted on to become The Bill of Rights. These rights were made to clarify and guarantee certain freedoms of residents of the country.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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