Rodney Beardsley is the son of Lizzie Wemyss and either Josiah or Keziah Beardsley.
Personal History[]
Events of the Novels[]
A Breath of Snow and Ashes[]
Rodney is born on April 19, 1775.[1]
An Echo in the Bone[]
Main: An Echo in the Bone
Written in My Own Heart's Blood[]
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- Rodney is from a surname, originally derived from a place name, which meant "Hroda's island" in Old English, where Hroda is a Germanic given name meaning "fame".[3]
- Joseph is from Ioseph, the Latin form of Greek Ιωσηφ (Ioseph), which was from the Hebrew name יוֹסֵף (Yosef) meaning "he will add".[4]
- Beardsley is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational name from some minor, unrecorded or now "lost" place, believed to have been situated in Nottinghamshire or Leicestershire where the name is most popular.[5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 A Breath of Snow and Ashes, chapter 77.
- ↑ Age as of the end of Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone.
- ↑ Behind the Name: Rodney - accessed 02 June 2016
- ↑ Behind the Name: Joseph - accessed 02 June 2016
- ↑ Surname Database: Beardsley - accessed 02 June 2016