Florence Roe

Brief Life History of Florence

When Florence Roe was born about 1884, in Eaton Bray, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Jesse Roe, was 40 and her mother, Ruth Ann Stanbridge, was 34. She lived in Luton, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1911.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Roe
1845–1935
Ruth Ann Stanbridge
1852–1888
George Roe
1870–1964
Florence Roe
about 1884–
Addeline Roe
1885–1962
Amelia Roe
1875–
Lewis Roe
1878–
Clara Roe
1878–

Sources (2)

  • Florence Roe in household of Jesse Roe, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Florence Roe - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Florence Roe

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World Events (8)

about 1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

1918

WWI ends in November with armistice. The number of UK war dead runs to several hundred thousand.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English ). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, 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 .

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

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