Brief Life History of John Wentworth
When John Wentworth Roscoe was born on 26 February 1813, in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, James Roscoe, was 28 and his mother, Isabella Robinson, was 28. He married Elizabeth North about 1837, in Halls Harbour, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Centreville, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada for about 10 years. He died on 26 October 1886, in Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 73, and was buried in Billtown, Kings, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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- John W. Roscoe, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Wentworth Roscoe - Government record: birth-name: John W. Roscoe
- John Wentworth Roscoe, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1813–1886 Male
1814–1910 Female
Children (7)
1838–1905 Male
1839–1918 Male
1841–1896 Male
1844–1891 Male
1846–1922 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1786–1853 Male
1786–1856 Female
Siblings (5)
1813–1886 Male
1815–1901 Female
1818–1892 Male
1819–1901 Male
1821–1898 Male
World Events (3)
1823
Age 10
1869
Age 56
1871
Age 58
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Roscoe in Anderton (Lancashire), from Old Norse rá ‘roe, roe buck’ or rá ‘boundary’ + skógr ‘wood’.
Altered form of Racicot , a surname of French origin.
Americanized form of Slovak, Rusyn (from Slovakia), and Czech Roško, Hungarian Roskó, and in some cases also of Croatian or Serbian Roško (see Rosko ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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