Elisabeth Rosenkranz

March 1862–2 December 1955 (Age 93)
Germany

The Life Summary of Elisabeth

Elisabeth Rosenkranz was born in March 1862, in Germany. She married Henning Ehlers on 15 February 1881, in Grundy, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Buckingham, Tama, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Black Hawk Township, Grundy, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 2 December 1955, in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 93.

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Family Time Line

Henning Ehlers
1854–1914
Elisabeth Rosenkranz
1862–1955
Marriage: 15 February 1881
Emil Hans Holts Ehlers
1881–1944
Henry Carson Ehlers
1882–1951
Emma Ehlers
1884–1969
Amanda Dorothea Ehlers
1886–1959
Albert John Ehlers
1890–1943
Arthur Peter Ehlers
1896–1983
Ralph C Ehlers
1901–1904

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 February 1881Grundy, Iowa, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 1
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1864
    Age 2
    War: Prussia and Austria vs. Denmark.
    1890
    Age 28
    Young William (Wilhelm) II dismisses Bismarck.

    Name Meaning

    Some characteristic forenames: German Fritz, Kurt, Hans, Helmut, Otto, Wessel.German and Danish: from Middle Low German rōsenkranz ‘wreath, rosary’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a wreath or rosary maker, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a wreath or in a place called with this word. This surname is also found in the Netherlands (see Rosenkrans ), where it is very rare. See also Rosenkrantz .Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German surname (see 1 above), or an artificial name from the German word Rosenkranz ‘wreath’.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Rosencrance
    Rosencrans
    Rosengrant
    Rosenkrans
    Rosencrantz
    Rosenkrantz

    Sources (15)

    • Elisabeth Rosenkranz in entry for Amanda Dorothea Ehlers, "Iowa, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1837-1987"
    • Elisebeth Ehlers in household of Henning Ehlers, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
    • Elizabeth Ehlers in household of Henning Ehlers, "United States Census, 1900"

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