Elias Ross
1848–
Missouri, United States
The Life Summary of Elias
When Elias Ross was born in 1848, in Missouri, United States, his father, George Alexander Ross, was 38 and his mother, Phebe Hall, was 43. He lived in San Andreas, Calaveras, California, United States in 1880. He died in Copperopolis, Calaveras, California, United States.
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Family Time Line
George Alexander Ross
1810–1886
Phebe Hall
1805–1883
Robert Hall Ross
1844–1928
Elias Ross
1848–
Lewis Edward Ross
1888–1957
Parents and Siblings
1810–1886Male
1805–1883Female
Siblings
(3)
1844–1928Male
1848–Male
1888–1957Male
World Events (3)
1848 · The California Gold Rush
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1848 · The California Gold Rush
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On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1848 · Mexico Cedes California Nine Days After Gold Is Found
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1848 · Mexico Cedes California Nine Days After Gold Is Found
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. Mexico ceded 525,000 square miles of land, including what is now California. Gold had been found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, only nine days prior to signing the treaty.
1860
Age 12
1860
Age 12
In 1860, the Pony Express used men riding on horseback to carry mail between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California.
Name Meaning
1 Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name for someone from Rots near Caen in Normandy, probably named with the Germanic element rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes . This was the original home of a family de Ros, who were established in Kent in 1130 .2 Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Ross or Roos(e), deriving the name from Welsh rhós ‘upland’ or moorland, or from a British ancestor of this word, which also had the sense ‘promontory’. This is the sense of the cognate Gaelic word ros. Known sources of the surname include Roos in Humberside (formerly in East Yorkshire) and the region of northern Scotland known as Ross. Other possible sources are Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, Ross in Northumbria (which is on a promontory), and Roose in Lancashire3 English and German: from the Germanic personal name Rozzo, a short form of the various compound names with the first element hrōd ‘renown’, introduced into England by the Normans in the form Roce.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Rouillard
Russon
Sources (2)
- Elias Ross in household of George A Ross, "United States Census, 1880"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elias Ross - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Elias Ross
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