George MELROSE

1850 - 1896  (46 years)

• Name	George MELROSE  [1]
  Birth	16 Feb 1850	Edwards County, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Education	Cornell
  Possessions	1886	Homestead established in Red Rover Canyon, California
  Death	30 Dec 1896	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
  Person ID	I17	James Melrose
  Last Modified	10 Jan 2026

  
  

  Father	William MELROSE,   b. 28 Mar 1815, Wood County, West Virginia d. 20 Mar 1888, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 72 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Nancy MICHELS,   b. 30 Apr 1815, Kennebec County, Maine d. 18 Jan 1900, Acton, Los Angeles County, California (Age 84 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	6 Oct 1836	Edwards County, Illinois
  Notes	In the 1850's William and Nancy moved to Iowa where William's brother John Solomon Melrose and sisters Mary (Melrose) Hanna and Rebeckah B. (Melrose) Virden had moved in 1845. This group first settled at, and were founders of Waterloo, Iowa. Later John Solomon moved to Goldfield in Wright County and operated a store there. William and Nancy Melrose later moved to California.
  Family ID	F13	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Eva PALMER,   b. 22 May 1857, Wisconsin d. 8 Feb 1919, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	6 Oct 1878	Goldfield, Wright Co., Iowa
  Children	1. Maude Inez MELROSE,   b. 7 Jul 1879, Iowa d. 8 Sep 1958, Los Angeles County, Los Angeles (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Nora Constance MELROSE,   b. Feb 1881, Iowa d. 1899, Los Angeles, California or Acton, California (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Roscoe Roderick MELROSE,   b. 11 May 1883, Goldfield, Wright Co., Iowa d. 20 Aug 1943, Chatsworth, California (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F11	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Apr 2025

  
  

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  		Melrose-George-LA-Cemetery-d-30-DEC-1896 Name: Melrose George Lot No. R 175 Age: 46 Race: White Sex: M Date of Death: Dec 30 1896 Date of Interment: Jan 1 1897 Remarks: From Lot 2166 5 10 The Los Angeles Cemetery Assn.

  
  

• Notes

  Vice President of The Eclectic Society of Acton in 1891 "Fatally injured at his work in Los Angeles when his delivery wagon was involved with a runaway team of horses." (Heritage Happenings, pg 73)

  
  

• Sources

  [S5] The Los Angeles Times, The Los Angeles Times Fri, Dec 25, 1896 ·Page 9. George Melrose Injured in a Runaway Accident https://www.newspapers.com/image/380198968/?match=1&terms=melrose The_Los_Angeles_Times_1896_12_25_9 (1)