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  • Aarand Roos (1940 - 2020)
    Aarand Roos ( 28. mail 1940 Tartu – 09. august 2020 Tallinn ) oli eesti keeleteadlane, kirjanik, luuletaja, diplomaat ja poliitik.
  • Abraham Isaac Roos (1910 - 1980)
    the Jewisch weekpaper (N)IW of January 30, 2004 mentiond the story of Abraham Roos.during WII as mayor of the town Amerongen i the Netherlands. (English translation see second part)====================...
  • Abraham Jacob Roos (1791 - 1873)
    Bruidegom: Abraham Jacob Roos Relatiesoort: Bruidegom Geslacht: Man Geboorteplaats: Amsterdam Leeftijd: 26 Beroep: Koopman Vader bruidegom: Jacob David Roos Geslacht: Man Beroep: Koopman Moeder bruideg...
  • Adam Roos (1660 - d.)
  • Adeline d'Espec (bef.1087 - c.1157)
    As of 15 March 2022, this profile's existence is in its 15th year. This overview contains nice information. As to a marriage and children for Piers de Ros and Adeline d'Espec, however, no one has yet p...

About the Roos surname

Roos is Dutch for "rose".

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This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational surname from either "Roos" in East Yorkshire or "Roose" in Lancashire. Both places are recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as "Rosse", and share a similar derivation from the Welsh "rhos", upland or moorland, identical with the ancient British (pre-Roman) "ros", which also had the sense "promontory", and "hillock, usually one where heather grows". The Gaelic word "ros" has the same meaning. The placename "Roos" is taken to mean either "moorland" or "promontory", and "Roose" heathland, moorland. The modern surname from either place can be found as "Roose", "Roos" or "Ross". Alys Roose married John Savege on the 27th November 1544 at St. Margaret's, Westminster, London, and one Rycharde Roose married Ann Boulton at Walton-on-the-hill, Lancashire, on the 12th May 1614. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Philip de Roos, witness, which was dated 1246, in the "Lancashire Assize Rolls", during the reign of King Henry 111, known as "The Frenchman", 1216 - 1272. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.