William Rose

Brief Life History of William

When William Rose was born in 1853, in Lanark, Ontario, Canada, his father, Ambrose Rose, was 19 and his mother, Mary Ann Wall, was 15.

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Family Time Line

Ambrose Rose
1834–1894
Mary Ann Wall
1838–1863
William Rose
1853–
James Alvin Rose
1856–1931
Malissa Rause
1856–1923
Ambrose Rose
1862–

Sources (1)

  • William Rose in household of Ambrose Rose, "United States Census, 1860"

World Events (3)

1867 · Ontario Founded

On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.

1869

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

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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