Brief Life History of Lora Ellen
When Lora Ellen Ross was born on 15 March 1848, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, her father, Absalom Dunn Ross, was 31 and her mother, Eliza Terry Waters, was 24. She married Lysander Johnston on 1 May 1872, in Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 20 September 1930, in Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Spring Hill, Whiteside, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (22)
- Lora Ross in household of Ablsom Ross, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lora E Johnston, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Lora Ross, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
Spouse and Children
1833–1922 Male
1848–1930 Female
Children (4)
1873–1873 Male
1875–1945 Female
1877–1926 Female
1880–1957 Female
Parents and Siblings
1816–1894 Male
1824–1903 Female
Siblings (4)
1846–1915 Male
1848–1930 Female
1850–1914 Male
1852–1883 Male
World Events (8)
1855 · Lager Beer Riot
Age 7
1863
Age 15
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 22
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from one or other of a number of Scottish and English places called Ross or Roos(e), especially Roose (Lancashire) and Roos (East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from a British ancestor of Welsh rhos ‘moor, heath, plain’, which is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. The Scottish surname has at least three origins. First, the Anglo-Norman family from Roos (East Yorkshire) was introduced to Scotland when Robert of Roos, lord of Wark Castle (Northumberland), married Isabella, an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion. Second, various families took the name from the province of Ross in northern Scotland and other places of that name. Third, there were Norman families in Scotland by the 13th century who probably derived their name from Rots in Normandy (see 2 below). The descendants of Godfrey de Ros, tenant of the de Morville lords of Cunninghame, were major landholders in Ayrshire, and almost certainly took their name from Rots. The Rose family of Kilravock (Nairnshire) may take their name from either of these three (see Rose ). The lairds of Balnagown adopted the surname Ross after the earldom of Ross (to which they considered themselves rightful heirs) had passed into other hands through the female line.
English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Rots in Calvados (France), probably named with the ancient Germanic element rod ‘clearing’ (compare Rhodes ). This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 and had major estates in Kent until well into the 13th century.
English: habitational name from Wrose, in Shipley, near Bradford (Yorkshire), with re-spelling of Wr- as R- due to the loss of /w/ before /r/ in early modern English pronunciation. The spelling Wrose is no longer current. The placename derives from Old English wrāse ‘knot, something twisted’, referring to the steep-sided hill on which the settlement stands, with the sense ‘broken or twisting hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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