Rosana (Hill) Burrell is a part of US Black heritage.
Rosana was born in 1904 in Rappahannock, Virginia. She was the daughter of Oscar Hill and Bertie Kilby. Her mother passed away when she was only 6, and her father remarried shortly thereafter. She married Benjamin Aldridge Burrell in 1925 in Washington, DC. In 1940 they are living with one daughter in Washington DC. She passed away in 1989, location unknown.
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1910 US Census, age 5, bp Virginia, with parents and siblings, Year: 1910; Census Place: York, Livingston, New York; Roll: T624_987; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0067; FHL microfilm: 1375000. Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Free Ancestry Image
1920 US Census, age 17, with father Oscar, stepmother Annie, siblings, Year: 1920; Census Place: Hawthorne, Rappahannock, Virginia; Roll: T625_1907; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 76. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Free Ancestry Image
1925 Marriage: Bronson, Virginia, 11 Mar 1925, Rosa Lee Hill, age 23, b. Rappahannock, Va, father: Oscar Hill, mother: Bertie Hill, to Aldridge B Burrell, age 24, father: Wm H Burrell, mother: Fannie Burrell. Ancestry.com. Virginia, U.S., Select Marriages, 1785-1940 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc, 2014. Original data: Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
1940 US Census, age 34, lodging with another family together with husband Benjamin and daughter. Year: 1940; Census Place: Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia; Roll: m-t0627-00564; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 1-325. Ancestry.com. 1940 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. Free Ancestry Image
Social Security Applications: Rosanna L Burrell, b. 21 Jun 1904, d. 3 Sep 1989.Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015. Original data: Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007.
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