Brief Life History of William Harry
When William Harry Rose was born on 6 January 1878, in Iowa, United States, his father, John Townsend Rose, was 28 and his mother, Margaret Isabel Dickey, was 25. He married Christine A Robertson on 19 November 1913. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Crystal Township, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Crystal, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died in November 1977, in Gladbrook, Tama, Iowa, United States, at the age of 99.
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- Harry Rose in household of Bell Rose, "United States Census, 1910"
- Harry W Rose, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- William Henry Rose, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1880
Historical Boundaries: 1880: Tama, Iowa, 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.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (from Latin rosa), in various applications. In part, it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion (compare 4 below). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa ), Slovak Róža and Czech Roza . Compare 6 below and French Larose 2.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Rohese, Roese, later Rose, Royse (ancient Germanic Hrodohaidis, Rothaid, composed of the elements hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + haid(is) ‘kind, sort’).
English and Scottish: variant of Ross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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