Brief Life History of William
When William Ambrose was born on 31 January 1850, in Newbury, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, his father, David Lovejoy Ambrose, was 27 and his mother, Judith Wadleigh Merrill, was 28. He died on 3 February 1850, in his hometown, at the age of 0.
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- William Ambrose, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924"
- William Ambrose, "Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910"
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from the personal name Ambrose (French Ambroise, Latin Ambrosius, from Greek ambrosios ‘immortal, divine’), which was popular throughout Christendom in medieval Europe. Its popularity was due in part to the fame of Saint Ambrose (c. 340–397), one of the four Latin Fathers of the Church, the teacher of Saint Augustine. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Ambrož (see Ambroz ), and also their derivatives, e.g. the Slovenian patronymic Ambrožič.
Irish: from Mac Ambróis ‘son of Ambrose’ (see 1 above); a West Munster name, which has also been Anglicized as McCambridge .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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