Brief Life History of Rosanna
Rosanna West was born in 1840, in Fremont, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. She married William B. F. Caswell in 1858, in Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Poplin, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1850 and Epping, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States in 1860.
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- Rosanna Carswell in household of Wm F Carswell, "United States Census, 1860"
- Rosanna Sanborn, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Rosanna Shanshacey in entry for Mearle E. Martin Caswell and Ida B. Day, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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