Chauncey B Ross

MaleFebruary 1856–1938

Brief Life History of Chauncey B

Chauncey B Ross was born in February 1856, in Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States as the son of Sarah J, Ross. He married Eliza Doyle on 22 November 1877. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Ludwick, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Latrobe, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. He was buried in Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Chauncey B Ross
1856–1938
Eliza Doyle
1855–
Marriage: 22 November 1877
George B, Ross
about 1878–
Mary Olive Ross
1880–1941
Jamie P Ross
1883–
Maggie E Ross
1885–
Elizabeth Ross
1887–

Sources (9)

  • Chauncy B Ross, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Chauncey B. Ross - Government record: birth: February 1856; Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Chancey B. Ross, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    22 November 1877
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1863

    Age 7

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

    Age 7

    The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 25

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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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