Christopher D Roos

Male1945–

Brief Life History of Christopher D

When Christopher D Roos was born in 1945, in Michigan, United States, his father, Dirk Johanness Roos, was 22 and his mother, Shirlee Jean Keagle, was 20. He lived in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 1 years.

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Dirk Johanness Roos
1923–2013
Shirlee Jean Keagle
1925–2016
Christopher D Roos
1945–

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  • Christopher D Roos, "United States 1950 Census"

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World Events (6)

1945 · Peace in a Post War World

Age 0

The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.

1954 · Worlds Largest Christmas Store

Age 9

Wally Bronner opened what would become the world's largest Christmas Store in 1954 as a result of successfully creating custom Christmas panels for city lampposts. Since then, the Frankenmuth store has expanded to a 27 acre landscaped lot with over 50,000 Christmas related items in his store. Bronner's attracts over two million guests per year.

1976 · The Copyright Act of 1976

Age 31

The primary form of copyright law in the United States. The Act spells out what is the basic rights of the copyright holder and what is classified as fair use.

Name Meaning

Dutch (also De Roos): topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a rose, or a metonymic occupational name for someone who grew roses, from roos ‘rose’.

Dutch: from the female personal name Rosa (from Latin rosa ‘rose’).

Dutch: nickname from roos ‘erysipelas’, an infection which causes reddening of the skin and scalp, applied presumably to someone with a ruddy complexion.

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

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