Brief Life History of Edward Joseph
When Edward Joseph Ross was born on 28 September 1871, his father, Robert Ross , Jr., was 36 and his mother, Margaret O'Rourke, was 26. He married Marie Antoinette Holly on 15 July 1895, in Orleans, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Ward Four, St. Tammany, Louisiana, United States in 1900 and New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 August 1931, at the age of 59, and was buried in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
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- Edward J Ross, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edward Joseph Ross, "Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906"
- Edward N Ross, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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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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