William James Rose
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William "Bill" James Rose, son of James "Jim" Rose and Eliza Harad Winder, was born 3 February 1867 in Faversham, Kent, England. Faversham is a small town located south of London. Very little is known about his life in England. He apparently worked as an apprentice painter. As a youth he was known as a ship painter apprentice. After coming to America and to Bear River City, he is remembered doing house painting and paper hanging more or less as a second job. It was from this that Herbert Hadley, William's son-in-law, was encouraged to receive his start as a painter and paper hanger which became his occupation the latter part of his life. It has been said by Edith, one of William's daughters, that he walked across the London Bridge each morning while going to work.
On 29 August 1883, the Rose family, including James Rose (age 39), his wife Mrs. E. Rose, (age 38), William James (age 16), his sister Anne E also spelled Annie E (age 11), and Emily A (age 4 or 6), and his brother Albert (infant) sailed to America on the Steamship Nevada. They arrived in New York City on 8 September 1883 and from there traveled on to Salt Lake City. After arriving in Salt Lake City, James and Eliza, William's parents, moved and settled in Centerville, Utah. At the time of this writing, their former house still stands. It is located just south of the Centerville Cemetery along the east cemetery road. William married his first wife, Rachel Moore, 13 September 1890. She was born 4 June 1867 in Littleport, Cambridge, England the daughter of Robert Moore and Ann Elizabeth Pike. They had one child, James Richard Rose, born 14 July 1891. He died as an infant on 29 July 1891. Rachel died eight months later on 16 March 1892. The Centerville City Death Record states that she died of childbirth. Both she and the baby are buried in the Centerville Cemetery. Rachel was known and referred to by William's later family as Aunt Rachel. William married a second time to Matilda "Tilly" Marie Olsen (Peterson) on 24 April 1895. Matilda is the daughter of Lars Olsen and Annie Ingeborg Hanson. William and Matilda moved to Brigham City in 1897 when William was thirty years old. They later bought a thirteen acre farm in Bear River City. Here they spent the remainder of their years and raised their family of nine, eight girls and one boy. There names are: Amelia Elizabeth (1896), Rachel Annie (1897), Eliza Lydian (1899), Edith Ida (1901), Sarah Ellen (1904), Jeanetta Ada (1906), Mabel Ruth (1909), William Winder (1913), and Thurza Elaine (1918). According to the 1900 Census, William James and Matilda had attended public school and could read, write, and speak English. William's occupation is listed as Railroad Track Supervisor. When first arriving in Bear River City, William and Matilda lived in a two room house. This later was moved to the barn area and became a work and blacksmith shop. The present home is a well-built, four room house which has an upstairs that has never been finished. James, William's father, helped his son build the house in the early 1900's. William was a curer of meats. He did this for friends throughout the area. The smoke house was south of the house and nearly always had several slabs of bacon and pork hanging in it. He would use certain woods for flavor and the smell of smoked meat was about the yard at all times. West of the home about one mile and north about two miles was the farm where they raised sugar beets, hay, grain, etc. This was done with horse power. On the north end of the farm was a small apple orchard, maybe ten to twelve trees. While living in Bear River City, William worked for the railroad as a line foreman. At times he would leave home and work in Nevada and surrounding areas leaving the home duties to the family. Matilda Marie passed away in Ogden at the home of Fred and Ann Timmerman (a daughter) sometime after an illness and then falling and breaking her hip. She is buried in the Aultorest Memorial Park in Ogden, Utah. In William's later years, he also moved to Ogden and lived with Fred and Ann. Here he worked in the meat department of the Timmerman Grocery Store on the corner of Cross Street and Washington Blvd. He did not work because of necessity but because he liked to be active and to be with people. He seemed to enjoy this very much, visiting the customers and displaying his happy and joyful personality. It was while living with Ann and Fred that he died on 7 September 1951. He too is buried in the Aultorest Memorial Park along side his wife. They are gone from this mortal life but shall be and are remembered by friends, neighbors, and family for that which has been good in their lives. When each of the family is united beyond the veil, it will be a joyous occasion and a continuation of that love and companionship developed over the years of their lifetime. History of the Rose Family
by Ralph Herbert Hadley Travels from England to America
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