Gerald George Ross

Brief Life History of Gerald George

When Gerald George Ross was born on 3 January 1946, in Lake, Minnesota, United States, his father, Harold "Harry" James Ross, was 39 and his mother, Margret Lucille LaDoux, was 38. He lived in Greenway Township, Itasca, Minnesota, United States in 1950 and Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States in 2000. He died on 29 July 2004, in Montana, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Helena, Lewis and Clark, Montana, United States.

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Gerald George Ross
1946–2004
Colleen Ross

Sources (9)

  • Gerald G Ross, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Gerald Ross, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Gerald G Ross, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

1947 · The CIA is Established

The Central Intelligence Agency was created because the U.S. government had need for a group to help detect and subdue any potential threats to the nation.

1962 · The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union because of Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. This confrontation was the closest that the Cold War became a nuclear war.

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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Copyright (c) 2004 Bozeman Daily Chronicle

Gerald George "Jerry" Ross, age 58, of Helena went to be with the Lord Tuesday afternoon, July 27, 2004. His loving family surrounded Jerry at the time of his death. Jerry was born in Hibbing, Minn., …

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