Harriet Vandiver Royse

Brief Life History of Harriet Vandiver

When Harriet Vandiver Royse was born on 16 April 1860, in Putnam, Missouri, United States, her father, John Henry Royse, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Ann Livick, was 23. She married Hobart Henry Wilson on 27 February 1883. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Paw Paw Township, Elk, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Hot Springs, Owyhee, Idaho, United States for about 20 years. She died on 4 June 1929, in Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bruneau, Owyhee, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hobart Henry Wilson
1859–1939
Harriet Vandiver Royse
1860–1929
Marriage: 27 February 1883
Clarence Edward Wilson
1884–1957
Effie Althea Wilson
1886–1975
Lena Gertrude Wilson
1886–1960
Harry Hobart Wilson
1891–1962
Ella Sarah Wilson
1893–1918
Stella Harriet Wilson
1893–1961
Leonard Dewitt Wilson
1895–1953
Forrest Elmer Wilson
1897–1945
Walter Stanton Wilson
1900–1968
Ralph Milton Wilson
1902–1970
Roscoe Harland Wilson
1904–1971

Sources (24)

  • Unknown in household of Sarah A., "United States Census, 1880"
  • Harriet Wilson, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Harrit Royse in entry for Clarence Edward Wilson, "Missouri Births, 1817-1939"

World Events (8)

1861

Kansas is the 34th state

1864

Historical Boundaries - 1864: Owyhee, Idaho Territory, United States; 1890: Owyhee, Idaho, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): variant of Rose .

Norwegian (Røyse): habitational name from any of several farmsteads named Røyse, from Old Norse hreysi ‘heap of stones’.

Jewish (from Poland and Ukraine): variant of Roys .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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