James Ely Ross

Male22 August 1922–1 January 2014

Brief Life History of James Ely

When James Ely Ross was born on 22 August 1922, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States, his father, James Sorensen Aas, was 44 and his mother, Kathleen Elizabeth Sheehan, was 40. He lived in La Porte, Center Township, LaPorte, Indiana, United States in 1930 and Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 1 January 2014, in Seattle, King, Washington, United States, at the age of 91.

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Family Time Line

James Sorensen Aas
1877–1959
Kathleen Elizabeth Sheehan
1882–1954
Annette Kathleen Ross
1906–1991
Herbert Vaughn Ross
1908–1998
Henry Ernest Ross
1912–1989
Elizabeth Hughes Ross
1914–1997
Elizabeth Kathleen Ross
1914–1997
Phyllis Edith Ross
1917–1917
James Ely Ross
1922–2014

Sources (3)

  • James J Ross in household of James Ross, "United States Census, 1940"
  • James Ely Ross, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • James Ross in household of James S Ross, "United States Census, 1930"

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Siblings (7)

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Age 1

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1926 · Iowa becomes a provider of food to the world

Age 4

Pioneer Hi-Bred International was the leader company experimenting with hybridization of corn and other seeds for agriculture in the world. It helped make different kinds of crop able to grow in harsh conditions so that other parts of the world would be able to farm and become self-sufficient. It was bought out by DuPont in 1999 and has continued to help struggling countries around the world.

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

Age 25

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from one or other of a number of Scottish and English places called Ross or Roos(e), especially Roose (Lancashire) and Roos (East Yorkshire). The placenames derive from a British ancestor of Welsh rhos ‘moor, heath, plain’, which is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. The Scottish surname has at least three origins. First, the Anglo-Norman family from Roos (East Yorkshire) was introduced to Scotland when Robert of Roos, lord of Wark Castle (Northumberland), married Isabella, an illegitimate daughter of King William the Lion. Second, various families took the name from the province of Ross in northern Scotland and other places of that name. Third, there were Norman families in Scotland by the 13th century who probably derived their name from Rots in Normandy (see 2 below). The descendants of Godfrey de Ros, tenant of the de Morville lords of Cunninghame, were major landholders in Ayrshire, and almost certainly took their name from Rots. The Rose family of Kilravock (Nairnshire) may take their name from either of these three (see Rose ). The lairds of Balnagown adopted the surname Ross after the earldom of Ross (to which they considered themselves rightful heirs) had passed into other hands through the female line.

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Rots in Calvados (France), probably named with the ancient Germanic element rod ‘clearing’ (compare Rhodes ). This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 and had major estates in Kent until well into the 13th century.

English: habitational name from Wrose, in Shipley, near Bradford (Yorkshire), with re-spelling of Wr- as R- due to the loss of /w/ before /r/ in early modern English pronunciation. The spelling Wrose is no longer current. The placename derives from Old English wrāse ‘knot, something twisted’, referring to the steep-sided hill on which the settlement stands, with the sense ‘broken or twisting hill’.

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

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