Brief Life History of Rosa May
When Rosa May Myers was born on 5 May 1881, in Washington Township, York, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Francis Myers, was 23 and her mother, Annie Jane Leathery, was 21. She married George A Baker on 23 April 1903, in Goldsboro, York, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Straban Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930. She died on 22 June 1909, in Latimore Township, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Rosie M. Myers in household of John F. Myers, "United States Census, 1900"
- Rosie Myers, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Rosie May Myers Baker, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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