When William Roe was born in 1815, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Roe, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Hallam, was 33. He married Sarah Shelley on 24 June 1833, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Waltham on the Wolds, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1871 and Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died on 26 June 1895, in Derby, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 80.
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English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English rā). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, rā 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 .
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