When Lewis Rosenstiel was born on 1 February 1854, in Lena, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, his father, Johann Andreas Heinrich "Henry" Rosentiel, was 26 and his mother, Jane Pickard, was 24. He lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Independence, Buchanan, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 12 April 1927, in Quasqueton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Circle Grove Cemetery, Quasqueton, Buchanan, Iowa, United States.
German: from Middle High German rōsenstil ‘rose stem’, presumably a nickname, with any of several possible uses: possibly with reference to physical appearance or personality, or an occupational nickname for a seller of roses.
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