When Gary Rogers was born on 14 May 1933, his father, George Franklin Rogers, was 27 and his mother, Michela Hilda Abele, was 21. He died on 10 August 2019, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States, at the age of 86.
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
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