When Rosetta Adams Morris was born on 20 January 1882, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Thomas Jefferson Morris, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Virginia Calhoun, was 34. She married William James Everett Allen on 25 December 1900, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 December 1942, in Uvalde, Uvalde, Texas, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Uvalde, Texas, United States.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
English and Scottish: from Maurice, an Old French personal name introduced to Britain by the Normans. It is derived from Latin Mauritius, a derivative of Maurus (see Moore ). This was the name of several early Christian saints. In some cases it may be a nickname of the same derivation for someone with a swarthy complexion.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Muirghis, a variant of Ó Muirgheasa (see Morrissey ).
Welsh: Anglicized form of the personal name Meurig (from Latin Mauritius), which was gradually superseded in Wales by Morus, Morys, a derivative of the Anglo-Norman French form of the name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesWilliam Robert Allen moved around after he left Pulaski Kentucky where he worked in a coal mine. He moved from state to state where he took any job he could find (Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio). H …
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