Brief Life History of Levi Leland
When Levi Leland Rose was born on 21 October 1911, his father, Ruben Amanuel Rose, was 30 and his mother, Iva Myrtle Brower, was 22. He married Ada Kathryn Zoller on 14 May 1939, in Kirwin, Phillips, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Osborne, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Woodston, Rooks, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 6 January 2003, in Smith Center, Smith, Kansas, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Agra Cemetery, Agra, Phillips, Kansas, United States.
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- Levi L Rose in household of Amanuel Rose, "United States Census, 1930"
- Levi Leland Rose, "Kansas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Lee Rose, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (from Latin rosa), in various applications. In part, it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion (compare 4 below). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa ), Slovak Róža and Czech Roza . Compare 6 below and French Larose 2.
English: from the Middle English female personal name Rohese, Roese, later Rose, Royse (ancient Germanic Hrodohaidis, Rothaid, composed of the elements hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + haid(is) ‘kind, sort’).
English and Scottish: variant of Ross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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