Brief Life History of Lazarus
When Lazarus Ross was born in 1780, in Harpers Ferry, Jefferson, West Virginia, United States, his father, John Ross, was 32 and his mother, Sarah Hardesty, was 21. He married Lydia Prickett on 10 June 1800, in Monongalia, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. He lived in Washington Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 22 August 1865, in Grant, Indiana, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Lazarus Rauss in household of Louis Kelly, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lazarus Ross, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Lazarus Ross, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1780–1865 Male
1781–1850 Female
Children (13)
1801–1885 Female
1803–1853 Female
1804– Female
1805– Female
1808–1883 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1748– Male
1760–1854 Female
Siblings (7)
1780–1865 Male
1781– Male
1784–1856 Female
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World Events (8)
1781 · The First Constitution
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1783 · A Free America
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1803
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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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