Leonard Gansevoort Ross

Brief Life History of Leonard Gansevoort

When Leonard Gansevoort Ross was born on 2 February 1813, his father, Theodorus Ross, was 33 and his mother, Elisabeth Richards Gansevoort, was 28. He married Martha Gillespie Fain on 9 December 1846, in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States in 1860. In 1860, at the age of 47, his occupation is listed as house joiner in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States. He died on 14 February 1863, at the age of 50, and was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Gansevoort Ross
1813–1863
Martha Gillespie Fain
1824–1863
Marriage: 9 December 1846
John Fain Ross
1848–1931
William Brazelton Ross
1855–
Samuel Van Rennselaer Ross
1851–1926
Amelia Fain Ross
1853–1906
Leonard Gansevoort Ross
1857–1920
Theodore George Ross
1859–

Sources (7)

  • L G Ross, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Leonard Gansevoort Ross, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Leonard G. Ross, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1827 · Slavery Becomes Illegal in New York State

During the years 1799 to 1827, New York went through a period of gradual emancipation. A Gradual Emancipation Law was passed in 1799 which freed slave children born after July 4, 1799. However, they were indentured until 25 years old for women and 28 years old for men. A law passed 1817 which freed slaves born before 1799, yet delayed their emancipation for ten years. All remaining slaves were freed in New York State on July 4, 1827.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from one or other of a number of Scottish and English places called Ross or Roos(e), especially Roose (Lancashire) and Roos (East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from a British ancestor of Welsh rhos ‘moor, heath, plain’, which is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. The Scottish surname has at least three origins. First, the Anglo-Norman family from Roos (East Yorkshire) was introduced to Scotland when Robert of Roos, lord of Wark Castle (Northumberland), married Isabella, an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion. Second, various families took the name from the province of Ross in northern Scotland and other places of that name. Third, there were Norman families in Scotland by the 13th century who probably derived their name from Rots in Normandy (see 2 below). The descendants of Godfrey de Ros, tenant of the de Morville lords of Cunninghame, were major landholders in Ayrshire, and almost certainly took their name from Rots. The Rose family of Kilravock (Nairnshire) may take their name from either of these three (see Rose ). The lairds of Balnagown adopted the surname Ross after the earldom of Ross (to which they considered themselves rightful heirs) had passed into other hands through the female line.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Rots in Calvados (France), probably named with the ancient Germanic element rod ‘clearing’ (compare Rhodes ). This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 and had major estates in Kent until well into the 13th century.

English: habitational name from Wrose, in Shipley, near Bradford (Yorkshire), with re-spelling of Wr- as R- due to the loss of /w/ before /r/ in early modern English pronunciation. The spelling Wrose is no longer current. The placename derives from Old English wrāse ‘knot, something twisted’, referring to the steep-sided hill on which the settlement stands, with the sense ‘broken or twisting hill’.

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

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