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Furr family tradition states that Rosina was a German girl. ROSANA FURRER is the name as written on Heinrich Furrer (Henry Furr's) last will and testament, the only written documentation we have of her name. German experts claim that this must be a miss-spelling, because "Rosina" is the German spelling. Also, her name is spelled "Russena" on the Furr memorial stone located on their original homestead land, built in the mid- 1950's. This rhyming "Russena" spelling was based on the oral pronunciation from "old timers" passing down information about Furr family traditions. "Rosina" was a popular German-speaking girl's name for those times, but "Russena" is nowhere to be found amongst German-speaking names at that time period, or at present. Rosina's maiden name is not Roffor, as has been copied and perpetuated on the internet. Her birth year and place has not been verified, only speculated, based on the birth years of her children. We know that Rosina died about 1774-1775 from a court record. About 1751, Rosina married Heinrich Furrer (Henry Furr). In late 2014, I obtained the original transcription of Heinrich Furrer (Henry Furr)'s will, located in Raleigh, North Carolina. A later transcriber wrote the surname as ROFFOR. One can see how ROFFOR and FURRER might be confused in deciphering handwriting from early German script (which the original will was written in), but "Furrer" is written very clearly, not "Roffor" or any other variation. Somewhere along the line, it was assumed that ROFFOR was a German variation of ROSSER, but there is no reason to believe that this is her surname at all either. Also, in all the places where Heinrich and Rosina lived, there were no "Rosser" or "Roffor" surnames (or variations) to be found, which is interesting information to consider.
- Nancy Hendrickson

Birth	Abt 1720
Marriage	Abt 1751	Heinrich FURRER
Death	Abt 1774	Mecklenburg County, NC
Marriage		Hans Heinrich FURRER
Alt name		Russena ROFFER
Alt name		Russena ROSSER
Alt name		Rosina
Burial		Furr Family Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Cabarrus County, NC

Spouse	Heinrich FURRER (1727 - 1769)
Child	John FURR (1752 - 1827)
Child	Paul FURR (1754 - 1837)
Child	Jacob FURR (1757 - 1785)
Child	Henry FURR (1762 - 1851)
Child	Mary Magdalena FURR (1764 - 1837)
Child	Catherine FURR (1765 - 1798)
Child	Tobias FURR (1766 - 1797)
Child	Adam FURR (1767 - 1798)

Spouse	Hans Heinrich FURRER (1691 - 1769)
Child	John FURR (1752 - 1827)
Child	Paul FURR (1754 - 1837)
Child	Henry FURR (1762 - 1851)
Child	Jacob FURR (1757 - 1785)
Child	Mary Magdalena FURR (1764 - 1837)
Child	Catherine FURR (1765 - 1798)
Child	Tobias FURR (1766 - 1797)
Child	Adam FURR (1767 - 1798)

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