The Quackenbushes and the Rossiters of Nebraska

See Census Journey part 2, a report on the Quackenbushes and Freemans in 1900, 1910 and 1920 (in Blakely Township and Beatrice, Gage County, Nebraska)

Interesting facts about the Rossiters and Quackenbushes:

- Mary Green Rossiter, who came to the U.S. from England as a young married woman, was thought to be the oldest resident of Gage County at the time of her death at age 94, in Dec. 1918.

- Mary's youngest son, Sidney Rossiter, lived to the age of 100. His last residence was DeWitt, Saline County, Nebraska. He died in July 1969.

- Mary's daughter, Frances Rossiter Quackenbush, was born in England, came to the U.S. at the age of 1, and is buried in Keota, Weld County, Colorado (now a ghost town). See photo of Frances's gravestone. Click on the small photo of the Quackenbush gravestone to see a large photo. She is buried with her son, Oscar. See photo of Keota Cemetery.

- The Quackenbush (then "Quackenbosch") family came from Holland in the 1600's, however the name Quackenbush is thought to have disappeared completely from Holland in the hundreds of years between then and now.

- It has been suggested that all the Quackenbushes now found in the U.S.A. are descended from the one family of Pieter Quackenbosch, who moved from Holland to New York in the 1600's. A sister or daughter of Pieter Quackenbosch married a Mr. Van Buren -- one of their descendants was U.S. President Martin Van Buren.