Brief Life History of Stephen Burrows
When Stephen Burrows Rose was born on 12 December 1814, in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States, his father, Ebenezar Prout Rose Jr., was 30 and his mother, Catherine Forman, was 26. He married Sarah Taylor Wyckoff on 21 February 1837, in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Brighton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He registered for military service in 1857. He died on 21 February 1897, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Steven Roose, "United States Census, 1870"
- Stephen B. Rose, "New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985"
- Steven B Rose, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1820
On January 28, 1820, the New Jersey Legislature incorporated the City of Jersey from parts of the Bergen Township. The city would be reincorporated two more times (January 23, 1829 and February 22, 1838) before receiving its official name. Jersey City became part of the new Hudson County in February of 1840.
1836
In April 1836, Samuel Colt formed a corporation of venture capitalists to bring his patented "revolving gun" to the market. The Patent Arms Manufacturing of Paterson, New Jersey had been chartered the month before (March 5) and promised Colt a commission for each sale in exchange for the patent rights. Due to the popularity of the patent, Colt had a monopoly on revolver manufacture until 1857.
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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