Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Derossette was born on 21 October 1881, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States, his father, George Washington Derossett, was 40 and his mother, Martha Oakley, was 40. He married Mary Alice Smith on 18 October 1909, in Marion, Indiana, United States. He lived in Sulphur, Henry, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States for about 1 years. He died on 7 December 1924, at the age of 43, and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States.
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- Joseph D Derosset in household of William T Griffin, "United States Census, 1910"
- Joseph Derossett, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Joseph Derossette, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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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.
1892 · The Radio is invented
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
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
Altered form, with fused preposition de ‘of’, of French Rosset: nickname for a red-haired man, from a diminutive of Old French ros ‘red’ (compare Rossel ). Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.
History: The Derossett family descended from Armand-Jean (Armand John) de Rosset, a French Huguenot, who immigrated to North America in 1735 and settled in Wilmington, NC. He is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America, while in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors it is his father, Louis de Rosset, who is recognized as a Huguenot ancestor.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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