Brief Life History of John Aspinwall
When John Aspinwall Roosevelt was born on 27 July 1840, in Hyde Park, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Isaac Daniel Roosevelt, was 50 and his mother, Mary Rebecca Aspinwall, was 30. He married Ellen Murray Crosby on 6 June 1866, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1909. He died on 11 March 1909, in Hyde Park, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hyde Park, Hyde Park, Dutchess, New York, United States.
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Sources (13)
- John Roosenbelt, "United States Census, 1870"
- John A Roosevelt, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- John A Roosevelt, "New York State Census, 1892"
Spouse and Children
1840–1909 Male
1837–1928 Female
Children (2)
1867–1945 Female
1868–1954 Female
Parents and Siblings
1790–1863 Male
1809–1886 Female
Siblings (3)
1828–1900 Male
1840–1909 Male
1882–1945 Male
World Events (7)
1846
Age 6
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Age 20
1863
Age 23
Name Meaning
Dutch: habitational name, either from a farm named Rozenveld (there is one in Zeeland) or from one named Ruiseveld (there is one in Brabant). Rozenfeld could be a compound of Middle Dutch rose ‘wild rose’ (or ‘poppy’?) + velt ‘open country’, or, like Ruiseveld, of Middle Dutch rusch ‘rush, reed’ (roos- in field names) + velt, thus ‘open land growing with rushes’. If the source is Ruiseveld then Roosevelt is a variant of the Flemish surname Van Ruyssevelt, recorded as Roysevelt in 1646 and de Roosevelt in 1652.
History: The two US presidents Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919) and Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) and the latter's wife Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962) were all descended from a common ancestor, Claes Maertensz(en) van ‘t Rosevelt, who had settled in New Amsterdam in New Netherland (now New York City, NY) from the Netherlands in 1649. It is usually said that he was the son of Maertin Cornelissen Geldersman, who at about this time had bought the farm of Rozenveld (or Rosevelt) in Tholen, Zeeland, from Pieter Jorissen op het Rosevelt and his son Joris Pietersen. However, there is no proof of any kinship between the two men or that Claes came from Tholen. The family became prosperous with the growth of Manhattan. Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City; his mother was of Irish and Huguenot descent (see Delano ). Franklin Delano Roosevelt was his 5th cousin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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