Cortes Ragsdale Roland

Maleabout 1827–

Brief Life History of Cortes Ragsdale

When Cortes Ragsdale Roland was born about 1827, in Alabama, United States, his father, Sherrod Rowland, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Pace, was 29. He married O L Brown on 27 January 1868. He lived in Lamar, Texas, United States in 1850.

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Cortes Ragsdale Roland
1827–
O L Brown
1847–
Marriage: 27 January 1868

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  • Cortes R Roland in household of Elizabeth Roland, "United States Census, 1850"

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  • Marriage
    27 January 1868
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 3

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1840

    Age 13

    Historical Boundaries: 1840: Lamar, Republic of Texas 1845: Lamar, Texas, United States

    1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

    Age 34

    On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.

    Name Meaning

    French, Walloon, German, English, and Scottish: from an ancient Germanic personal name composed of hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + land ‘land’. In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the more common French variant Rolland . See also English Rowland .

    Norwegian (also Røland): habitational name from any of several farms named Rødland mainly in Hordaland or Røyland mainly in Agder, most of them from Old Norse reyrr ‘heap of stones’ or reyrr ‘rush’ (a plant) + the second element land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’. Compare Rolland .

    Norwegian: habitational name from the farm name Roland in Lillehammer, with the first element Old Norse ruth ‘clearing’, or Roland in Agder around Lindesnes, with the first element possibly the Old Norse personal name Rói (either a short form of names beginning with Ro(d)- ‘fame, honor’ or composed with a word for ‘giant’ or ‘pagan priest’). The second element of the farm names is land ‘(piece of) land, farmstead’.

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

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