William Alson Ambrose

Brief Life History of William Alson

When William Alson Ambrose was born on 5 May 1883, in Schuyler, Illinois, United States, his father, Joseph Ambrose, was 45 and his mother, Susan Hills, was 32. He married Clara May Colegrove on 9 April 1903, in Warren, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States for about 20 years. He died on 9 April 1946, in Columbia, Oregon, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in West End Cemetery, Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Alson Ambrose
1883–1946
Clara May Colegrove
1886–1966
Marriage: 9 April 1903
Chester Joseph Ambrose
1903–1973
Orville Perry Ambrose
1905–1973
William Beryle Ambrose
1907–1956
Ernest Ambrose
1909–1974
Marion John Ambrose
1911–1979
Baby boy Ambrose
1913–1913
Clara Susan Ambrose
1914–1960
Gerald Alson "Jerry" Ambrose
1915–1966
James Robert Ambrose
1920–1974
Mary June Ambrose
1922–1996
Vera Mae Ambrose
1924–1985
Betty Lou Ambrose
1925–2012
Baby Boy Ambrose
1928–1928

Sources (32)

  • William O Ambrose, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William Alson Ambrose - Government record: birth-name: William Alson Ambrose
  • William Allison Ambrose, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1899

EARLIEST KNOWN BURIAL: Samuel S Malone BIRTH 1880 DEATH 1899 (aged 18–19) BURIAL West End Cemetery Buhl, Twin Falls County, Idaho, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 195090172

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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