| Researchers: | David Gustner | dgustner@gmail.com |
| Richard Brothwell | RBrothwell@aol.com | |
| Lynne Greening | lyngre@voyager.net | |
| Cathy Rose | laddie2270@aol.com | |
| Ken Wright | kdw@i2k.net |
Ransom K. Rose was born in Allegheny County, NY January 12, 1832 and came with his parents to Greenfield, Wayne County at the age of five years where they resided for several years before moving to Royal Oak. At the age of 25 he married Jane Pridgeon. They lived in Royal Oak until April 1869, when they moved to the northern part of Vienna Township. The actual location of their farm was the NW corner of section 3, on the SW corner of Old Plank Rd. and County Line. They were on the Genesee / Saginaw County line and their farmhouse faced east toward Old Plank Rd. Old Plank Rd. is now known as Saginaw Rd. (Dixie Hwy) and County Line is now Willard Rd.
In an article in the November 25, 1921 Royal Oak Tribune, Justice Richard H. Rose, the first child of Ransom and Jane, is quoted with reference to the location and type of property originally owned by Ransom as follows: "Justice Richard H. Rose, in discussing the remarkable rise in the value of Royal Oak real estate, recalls that his father sold 40 acres in Ferndale just south of the Machpelah cemetery for about $1,000 about 40 years ago. The judge says that all it was good for was to raise blue racers and mud turtles."
Extensive additional information on Ransom, Jane and their eleven children is detailed in the related genealogy Report.
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