When Andrea Petrea Rose was born on 3 July 1826, in Vejle, Vejle, Vejle, Denmark, her father, Thomas Hansen Pedersen Rose, was 29 and her mother, Gjertrude Olesdatter, was 39. She married George Ludvig Gronemann on 7 November 1851, in Vejle, Vejle, Vejle, Denmark. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1864 and lived in Vejle, Denmark for about 26 years. In 1880, at the age of 54, her occupation is listed as keeping house. She died on 18 September 1915, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States
The Provo City Cemetery was dedicated in 1853.
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 .
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