Rose Ella Strong

Brief Life History of Rose Ella

When Rose Ella Strong was born on 13 January 1874, in Strongstown, Pine Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Strong Jr., was 46 and her mother, Susan Julian Hayes, was 35. She married Jasper Mardis on 5 November 1891, in Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Pine Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 14 May 1937, in White Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Pine Land Cemetery, Pine Township, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Sylvester Mervine
1885–1918
Rose Ella Strong
1874–1937
Marriage: 15 January 1913
Ethel Marie Mervine
1913–1953

Sources (12)

  • Rosella Stevens in household of Thomas J Stevens, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Rosella Strong, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Rose E Stephens, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English strong(e), strang(e) ‘strong, powerful’ (Old English strang).

Americanized form of French Trahan .

Americanized form (translation into English) of Jewish Stark .

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

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