Brief Life History of Rosetta
When Rosetta Kline was born on 21 August 1860, in Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Kline, was 22 and her mother, Harriet Amelia Chamberlain, was 19. She lived in Elmira Township, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States in 1870 and Lake Park Township, Becker, Minnesota, United States in 1875. She died on 19 May 1875, in Minnesota, United States, at the age of 14.
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Sources (3)
- Rosetta Cline in household of Benjamin Cline, "United States Census, 1870"
- Rosetlea Kline, "Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001"
- Rosethe Kline in household of B F Kline, "Minnesota State Census, 1875"
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World Events (8)
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German, Dutch, and Jewish Klein .
Slovenian: derivative of klin ‘wedge, wooden peg’, used as a topographic name for someone who lived on a wedge-shaped piece of land.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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