210 documented Rhoads ancestors, drawn from public records such as death indexes and county histories. Every name below is a real person in the public record.
English topographic name from a clearing ('rode'); sometimes an Americanized German Roth. Variant of Rhodes.
Where the records place them: Iowa (99%), out of 198 Rhoads records with a known place.
The most common first names among them: Charles, Dorothy, William, James and Robert.
Of the 206 with both a birth and a death year, the median lifespan was 78 years.
The earliest recorded birth is Samuel V. Rhoads, born 1791 in Kentucky.
Documented Rhoads families on this page come from History of Macoupin County, Illinois.
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Deceased Rhoads ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.
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English topographic name from a clearing ('rode'); sometimes an Americanized German Roth. Variant of Rhodes.
The documented line here reaches back to 1791. Most Rhoads lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.
No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.
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