Philomenia Roesing biography: 13 things about Newport, Kentucky native

Who was Philomenia Roesing?

Philomenia Voges Roesing was a native of Kentucky, United States. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She also went by the name Minnie Roesing.
2. She and her husband Bernard William Roesing have six children, who used the surname Rosing instead of Roesing.
3. She was born in 1868 in Newport, Campbell County, Kentucky to Gerdhard Voges and Louisa Voges.
4. In 1869, her husband Bernard was born in Covington, Kenton County, Kentucky.
5. In 1893, she and Bernard got married.
6. In 1894, she gave birth to Mary T. “Mae” Von Rosing in Kentucky.
7. In 1898, she gave birth to Bernard John Rosing in Newport. 
8. In 1901, she gave birth to Stanley R. Rosing in Kentucky.
9. On September 18, 1903, she gave birth to Hildegarde “Hilda” P. Rosing in Covington.
10. In 1906, she gave birth to Irwins Rosing in Covington.
11. In 1907, she gave birth to Robert Rosing in Covington.
12. In 1909, her son Irwins died at the age of 3.
13. On August 9, 1941, she died in Kenton, Kenton County at the age of 73.

Sophia Rosing

In September 2000, Minnie’s great-granddaughter Sophia Nicole Rosing was born. On November 6, 2022, she was caught on camera hurling racial slurs at Kyla Spring at Boyd Hall on the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

On August 12, 2024, Sophia pleaded guilty to public intoxication, disorderly conduct and four counts of fourth-degree assault. On October 17, 2024, she was sentenced to one year in the Fayette County Detention Center in Lexington for each of her four misdemeanor assault charges to be served concurrently along with 100 hours of community service.