Born in Whiteclay, Sheridan, Nebraska, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Joseph Oliver Rooks
and Katherine C (Robinson) Rooks
Sister of
Joseph Oliver Rooks Jr [half], Susie Rosann (Rooks) Valandry [half], Frank C Rooks [half], Alice Kate (Rooks) Youman, Charles Rooks, Noresta L (Rooks) Bruce, Nancy Bertha (Rooks) Peck, Martha (Rooks) Livermont, Delia (Rooks) Amiotte, William Lawrence Rooks, Christine (Rooks) Pundt, James J Rooks, Rebecca Mae (Rooks) Livermont, Clara Margarite (Rooks) Smith, Catherine Bridget (Rooks) Pope, Ruth Agnes (Rooks) Curington and Eric Hobart Rooks
Wife of
Joseph Perry Allen
— married
4 Dec 1899 in Allen, Bennett, South Dakota, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Katheryn Hope (Allen) Bayliss
Died
at age 85
in Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Jun 2016
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Biography
Rosanna Rooks was born on 6 Jun 1880 in Whiteclay, Sheridan, Nebraska, United States. She was the daughter of Joseph Oliver Rooks and Katherine C Robinson.
On 4 Dec 1899, she married Joseph Perry Allen in Allen, Bennett, South Dakota, United States.
She died on 16 Aug 1965 in Rapid City, Pennington, South Dakota, United States and was buried at Inestimable Gift Cemetery in Allen, Bennett, South Dakota, United States on 17 Aug 1965.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTX-8MW : accessed 3 March 2022), Rosanna L Allen in household of Joseph P Allen, Pine Ridge Indian Agency, Shannon, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 46, sheet 164B, family 1717, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,556.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPXY-SQ6 : accessed 3 March 2022), Roseana Allen in household of Donkh Allen, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sterling, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 118, sheet 30B, family 296, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1475; FHL microfilm 1,375,488.
- "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCV6-G8H : 2 February 2021), Rosanna Allen in entry for Joseph P Allen, 1920.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XQJR-4YP : accessed 3 March 2022), Rosenna Allen in household of Joe P Allen, Township 36, Bennett, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 13, sheet 1B, line 74, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2218; FHL microfilm 2,341,952.
- "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V1S9-B6F : 25 May 2021), Rosanna Allen in household of Joseph Allen, Township 35 Range 41, Shannon, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) , sheet , line , family , Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll .
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34458472/rosanna-allen : accessed 02 March 2022), memorial page for Rosanna Rooks Allen (6 Jun 1880–1965), Find a Grave Memorial ID 34458472, citing Inestimable Gift Cemetery, Allen, Bennett County, South Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Freida (Null) Wells (contributor 46614961) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rosanna:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rosanna by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rosanna:
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~1.56%
Sharell (Rooks) Hill
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Laura (Sammons) Gadbois :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Mark Lemen :
23andMe, GEDmatch MC6853609 [compare]
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A544122 [compare], Ancestry member marklemen
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch JS2402496 [compare], FTDNA kit #869297
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~0.78%
Amanda McBeath :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member LUCKYMCBEATH13
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