Brief Life History of Melvin B
When Melvin B Rogers was born in January 1872, in Broome, New York, United States, his father, Jeremiah Rogers, was 41 and his mother, Adaline van Valkenburg, was 40. He lived in Triangle, Broome, New York, United States for about 5 years. He died on 15 June 1907, in Fenton, Broome, New York, United States, at the age of 35.
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- Merone Rogers in household of Fred W Smith, "New York State Census, 1875"
- Melvin B Rogers, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Melvin B Rogers in the New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
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1872 · The First National Park
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1872 · The Amnesty Act
A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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