Millard ROSE (1902-1993)
1 Millard Fillmore ROSE1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (1902-1993) [3502]. Born 9 Sep 1902, Park Falls, WI.2,3,4,5,6,7 Marr Christine A. GREER 16 Mar 1927, Los Angeles, CA.5,8 Marr Helen D. DUNLAP 14 Nov 1959, Los Angeles, CA.9 Died 16 Aug 1993, At home in Hidden Meadows, CA.10,11,12
He routinely went by Fillmore.
2 Smith ROSE2,3,13,14,15 (1867-1943) [415]. Born 21 Jun 1867, Holly, MI.2,3,13,14,16 Marr Mary THOMA 27 Sep 1893, Chicago, IL.15 Died 17 Mar 1943, Detroit, Wayne County, MI.16 Buried Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI.17
From notes of Mark Uhlik.
Half brother of Charlotte "Lottie" May Uhlik moved to Park Falls, WI on a section of land on the Flambeau River. An old log cabin burned down. They also had a farm and moved to Rochester, MI. The farm bordered both sides of the Clinton River and the rear of the farm was next to a railroad.
4 Clark ROSE (1836-1887) [353]. Born 14 Aug 1836, Royal Oak, Oakland County, MI.1 Marr Sarah E. SMITH 1 Sep 1860, Royal Oak, MI.18 Marr Mary Ellen JOHNSON 27 Feb 1869, Residence of bride, Royal Oak, MI. Died 11 Feb 1887, Denver, Colorado.19,20 Cause: Consumption. Buried Royal Oak Cemetery, Royal Oak, MI.
From a Pontiac, MI newspaper.
January 9, 1878 - "The social hop at Clark Rose's Monday night was a complete success."
April 14, 1880 - "Boyd & Peter's Great Trans-Atlantic Circus, which has been visiting here [Royal Oak], will give their first exhibition here, on the 24th inst."
From the Pontiac Weekly Bill Poster.
April 28, 1880 - "We are told that Boyd & Peters circus has come to a stand still down in Pennsylvania. Maltrome Burkett, aged 14 years. of Somerset county, that state, claims that she was abducted and outraged and kept with the circus for a week, being conveyed from town to town in the ticket wagon, and when allowed to leave she was partially demented. Her story as told in court is too horrible for publication. Last Thursday S. C. Peters, A.W. Davis, Clark Rose and John Campbell, managers, together with fifty attaches, were arrested and jailed to await examination."
From a March 12, 2007 response by Fred Dahlinger in the Olympians message board.
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Boyd and Peters Great Transatlantic Allied Shows was an overland show organized in Royal Oak, Michigan in 1878. The principals were Orlando Boyd and S. C. Peters (cameo biographies are available on the CHS website in Slout's "Olympians.") They apparently returned to Royal Oak for the winters of 1878-1879 and 1879-1880, building a modest winter quarter there. The show was having financial difficulties in June 1880. An alleged case of assault the next month brought the operation to a close, despite everyone being acquitted.
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From the Birmingham Eccentric.
August 5, 1881 - "Clark Rose made a business visit to Milwaukee last week."
Clark Rose of the old Rose & Stowe Circus were originators of the showboats on the Mississippi River. He was an advance agent for Barnum & Bailey Circus. Had the candy concession. Lived in Royal Oak, Michigan where his neighbor was Henry Ford.
8 Virgil Maxim ROSE21,22 (1808-1894) [350]. Born 1808, Manchester, VT. Marr Cordelia BAILEY 1829, New York. Died 7 Jun 1894, Royal Oak, MI.21,22 Buried 11 Jun 1894, Oakhill Cemetery, Pontiac, MI.
From Pleasant Ridge; Then and Now.
"In 1836 one of Rose's horses was stolen, and he printed posters offering a reward for capture of the thief. His descendents still have one of the posters."
From the Birmingham Eccentric, January 14, 1881 - "The hotel of V. M. Rose on the gravel road one mile from this place [RO] caught fire from a defective chimney at eleven o'clock, and burned to the ground Monday night, the family barely escaping with their lives. Loss estimated at $5,000, with no insurance."
From the Pontiac Weekly Bill Poster and other Pontiac newspapers.
1876-12-06 - "Enoch Brown, who was arrested in Detroit a few days ago for stealing three chickens from V.M. Rose, of this place [Royal Oak], was arrested before Squire Russell and sentenced to ninety days in the Detroit House of Corrections.
1877-11-28 - "Miss Josephine Newman died at the residence of V.M. Rose, in Royal Oak, Nov. 25th. The remains will be taken to Onondaga for interment."
1881-02-16 - "The Gregory brothers of New York city are stopping at V. M. Rose's."
1881-04-13 - "Virgil Rose is about to erect a new building on the grounds of the old Rose Hotel at Royal Oak."
1881-10-19 - "Mr. Virgil Rose has been erecting an addition to his barn."
1884-07-23 - "V. M. Rose is dangerously ill."
1885-08-25 - "V.M. Rose's people are making money and at the same time gaining a reputation for pure cussedness, by shutting up cattle belonging to poor people."
1885-08-25 - "During a wind storm, the other day V. M. Rose's summer kitchen was blown down and Miss Harriet Carew, received serious injuries."
1885-09-02 - "The co-partnership heretofore existing between Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox and V. M. Rose has been disolved by mutual consent."
1887--2-09 - "Circuit Court - Wm. H. Stevens vs. Virgil M. Rose, twenty days given to settle bill of exceptions and proceedings stayed."
1893-11-09 - "V.M. Rose had a cow stolen out of a field one evening last week."
1894-06-01 - "V. M. Rose has been on the sick list, but is now better."
1894-06-15 - "V. M. Rose died Thursday evening June 7th. Further notice next week."
1894-07-26 - "Mark S. Brewer and Arthur R. Tripp are commissioners on claims in the estate of Virgil M. Rose."
Obituary from the Oakland County Post, Friday, June 22, 1894.
"Died, at his residence in this village Thursday, June 7th, 1894 at 10:30 o'clock p.m., Virgil M. Rose, aged 86 years. He retired to his bed about 10 o'clock feeling exceedingly well, in fact, better than he had for some time past. He ate a hearty supper and was cracking jokes with members of the family in the early part of the evening. Mrs. C.J. Gregory, his grand-daughter had to pass by his room later in the evening and was horrified to find him dead. He had only been dead a few moments when found. Justice Stors empaneled a jury which, after viewing the remains rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his death from the effects of old age. The funeral was held at the house Monday, June 11th, conducted by Rev. A. Wood and the remains taken on the 11:45 train to Pontiac and laid to rest beside his wife, who had proceeded him by about twenty-five years. Two children are left to mourn his loss, Mrs. Harriett Dows, of Cleveland, Ohio and Mrs. Mariva Hodges of Pine Lake. The following relatives were present from a distance. Mrs. H. Dows, of Cleveland, Mariva A. Hodges of Pine Lake and Wm. Saunders of Howell. Deceased was born in Manchester, Vt., in 1808 where he lived until he was 11 years of age. He then moved with his parents to Roseville, Pa., removed from Roseville to Detroit in 1834, came to Royal Oak in 1835 and purchased a large tract of land from the government and has resided here ever since. There was seven children in his father's family, five boys and two girls, all of whom have passed away. Mr. Rose was one of the oldest pioneers in the county, having lived to see it advance from a howling wilderness in the 30's, infested by Indians and wild animals, to what it is at the present time, one of the best agricultural counties in the state."
From the Royal Oak Tribune, May 18, 1926
"The Pleasant Ridge village commission last night awarded a contract to R.D. Baker Company for the paving of Virgil Rose avenue." There is, unfortunately, no longer a street by that name in Pleasant Ridge.
9 Cordelia BAILEY23 (1808-1868) [351]. Born 1808, NY.23 Died 14 Feb 1868, Royal Oak, MI. Cause: Nervous fever. Buried Oakhill Cemetery, Pontiac, MI.
5 Sarah E. SMITH18,24,25 (c. 1837-1867) [364]. Born c. 1837.24 Died 24 Jun 1867.24 Buried Royal Oak Cemetery, Royal Oak, MI.24
10 Lewis Isaac SMITH1 ( - ) [3500]. Marr Roena BUZZELL 1834.
11 Roena BUZZELL1,25 (1814-1868) [3499]. Born 1814, Cape Cod section near Boston, MA.1 Marr Moses JOHNSON 1843. Died 1868.1
3 Mary THOMA2,3,13,14,15,26,27,28 (1868-1931) [3396]. Born 7 Oct 1868, Madison, IN.2,3,13,14,27,28 Died 14 Oct 1931, Detroit, MI.17,28 Buried Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, MI.28
Sources
| 1 | "Information provided by Victor Uhlik". |
| 2 | "1905 census of Price Co. Wisconsin. Town of Lake.". |
| 3 | "1920 MI, Wayne, Detroit census". |
| 4 | "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908". |
| 5 | "1930 CA, Los Angeles, South Pasadena census". |
| 6 | "1940 CA, Los Angeles, South Pasadena census". |
| 7 | "WWII Draft Registration Card for Fillmore Rose". |
| 8 | "California County Birth Marriage and Death Records for M. Fillmore Rose and Christine A. Greer". |
| 9 | "California Marriage Index, 1949-1959 for Fillmore Rose and Helen D. Dunlap". |
| 10 | "California Death Index, 1940-1997". |
| 11 | "Obituary of Fillmore Rose in the Times-Advocate, Escondido, CA". |
| 12 | "San-Diego Union-Tribune (California) Obtuaries, 1993-1994 for Fillmore Rose". |
| 13 | "1930 MI, Wayne, Detroit census". |
| 14 | "1940 MI, Wayne Detroit census". |
| 15 | "Cook County, Il, Marriage Index, 1871-1920 for Smith Rose and Mary Thoma". |
| 16 | "Michigan Department of Health Death Certificate for Smith Rose". |
| 17 | "Obituary of Smith Rose in the Detroit Free Press of March 18, 1943". |
| 18 | "Certificate of marriage of Clark Rose to Sarah E. Smith". |
| 19 | "Date of death and location from The Pontiac Gazette, Friday Feb. 18, 1887". |
| 20 | "From Olympians of the Sawdust Circle by the Circus Historical Society". |
| 21 | "Obituary of Virgil Rose from the Oakland County Post, Friday, June 22, 1894.". |
| 22 | "Michigan Death Index". |
| 23 | "Ancestry.com, Snow/Lyman Ancestors". |
| 24 | "Tombstone inscription for Sarah, wife of Clark Rose". |
| 25 | "1850 MI, Oakland, Royal Oak census". |
| 26 | "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908, of son Millard Filmore Rose". |
| 27 | "Wisconsin, Births and Christenings Index, 1826-1908 of son Charles Smith Rose". |
| 28 | "Find-A-Grave Memorial Record of Mary ROse". |
