Brief Life History of Horatio Macon
When Horatio Macon Rowland was born on 7 November 1832, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, his father, James S. Rowland, was 30 and his mother, Penelope Rutledge, was 26. He lived in Wilcox, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Brownsville, Cameron, Texas, United States in 1860. He died after 1860, in Texas, United States.
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Sources (2)
- Horatio Ro*, "United States Census, 1850"
- H N Rolan in household of M Rolan, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1802–1849 Male
1806–1867 Female
Siblings (10)
1831–1860 Male
1832–1860 Male
1835–1860 Female
1837–1897 Female
1839–1910 Male
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World Events (7)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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1844 · German Immigration to Texas
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Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Rollant, Rolant, Rolent, Roulent (ancient Germanic Hrodland, Rodland, from hrōd ‘glory’ + land ‘land’), introduced into England by the Normans. It was made famous by French romances about Roland, the most famous of the peers of Charlemagne who was killed at Roncesvalles in AD 778. Although widely used across post-Conquest England (along with Oliver, the name of Roland's companion), it seems to have been restricted to particular gentry families and was never popular. Compare Roland .
English: habitational name from Rowland (Derbyshire) or Rowland Wood in Slinfold (Sussex). The Derbyshire placename derives from Old Norse rá ‘roe, roe buck’ or rá ‘land mark, boundary’ + lúndr ‘small wood, grove’. The Sussex placename probably derives from Middle English roughe ‘rough’ + lond ‘land’ (Old English rūh, land).
English: in northern England and perhaps elsewhere, perhaps a post-medieval variant of Rawling . Compare Rawlinson , Rollinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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