Rosetta McCartney

Brief Life History of Rosetta

When Rosetta McCartney was born on 28 February 1875, in Traer, Decatur, Kansas, United States, her father, Benjamin Ervin McCartney, was 30 and her mother, Hannah Elizabeth Brown, was 28. She had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with Lemuel Dupree Guinn. She lived in Beaver Township, Decatur, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Oberlin, Decatur, Kansas, United States for about 20 years. She died on 6 September 1964, in Atwood, Rawlins, Kansas, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Oberlin Cemetery, Oberlin, Decatur, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Dupree Guinn
1870–1948
Rosetta McCartney
1875–1964
Ethel Mae Guinn
1895–1980
James Benjamin Guinn
1898–1954
Gladys Ona Guinn
1900–1984
Bertha Elizabeth Guinn
1905–1979
Roberta Terena Guinn
1915–1952

Sources (11)

  • R E McCartney, "Kansas, State Census, 1885"
  • Rosetta McCartney Guinn, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Rosetta McCartney in entry for Ethel Carr, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.

The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.

1883

Historical Boundaries: 1883: Decatur, Kansas, United States

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Artaine, ‘son of Artan’, a diminutive of the personal name Art, based on a word meaning ‘bear’. Compare McCartan .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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