Brief Life History of John
When John Russell was born in April 1432, in Kingston Russell, Dorset, England, his father, Henry Russell MP, was 32 and his mother, Elizabeth Herring, was 29. He married Alice Elizabeth Foxmere in 1449, in Kingston Russell, Dorset, England. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 9 May 1505, in Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 73, and was buried in Swyre, Dorset, England, United Kingdom.
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- Legacy NFS Source: John Russell - Church record: birth: about 1412; Dorsetshire, England, United Kingdom
- Russell, "Find A Grave Index"
- John Russell in The Peerage
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1455 · Wars of the Roses
Wars of the Roses was a series of English civil wars for control of the throne of England between the royal families House of Lancaster and the House of York. The name of the war was derived as the red rose was the symbol of the Lancastrians and the white rose was the symbol of the Yorks.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.
Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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