Brief Life History of Robert Love
When Robert Love Ross was born on 6 May 1893, in Taylorville, Christian, Illinois, United States, his father, George Ross, was 26 and his mother, Ada Francis Boaz, was 24. He married Rose Dell Dayton on 26 August 1913, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States. He lived in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 June 1938, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Robert Ross in household of George Ross, "United States Census, 1900"
- Robert L Ross, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Robert Love Ross, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952" to Marie M Crowder
Spouse and Children
1893–1938 Male
1901–1975 Female
Parents and Siblings
1867– Male
1869– Female
Siblings (3)
1893–1938 Male
1900–1964 Male
1906– Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 3
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 5
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 13
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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