Rosetta Kathryn Hey

Brief Life History of Rosetta Kathryn

When Rosetta Kathryn Hey was born on 26 March 1859, in Clay, Missouri, United States, her father, Christian Gottlieb Hey, was 21 and her mother, Mary E Chandler, was 19. She married William Samuel Chandler on 7 July 1881, in Barton, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rosedale, Marion, Oregon, United States for about 10 years and Rosedale Election Precinct, Marion, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 24 May 1946, at the age of 87, and was buried in Belcrest Memorial Park, Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Samuel Chandler
1859–1945
Rosetta Kathryn Hey
1859–1946
Marriage: 7 July 1881
General Robert E. Lee Chandler
1876–1918
Herbert Franklin Chandler
1882–1945
Bertha Reed Chandler
1884–1961
Melvin Samuel Chandler
1886–1969
Albert Lester Chandler
1889–1981
Walter Guy Chandler
1891–1957
John V Chandler
1893–
Jay Verne Chandler
1896–1963
Mary Grace Chandler
1901–1998

Sources (22)

  • Rosie Chens in household of Chris Hey, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Unknown, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
  • Rosa Hey Hey, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1862 · The Homestead Act

The Homestead Act of 1862 gave each citizen 160 acres of land. The qualified applicants were required to build a home and cultivate the land for five years.  

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Hay .

Dutch: variant, mostly Americanized (or archaic) and Flemish, of Heij, a topographic name for someone who lived on a heath, Dutch hei, heide.

German: metonymic occupational name for a grower or mower of grass, from Middle High German höu ‘grass, hay’.

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

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