Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Walthall was born on 16 September 1860, in Hopewell MM, Henry, Indiana, United States, her father, William Bott Walthall Jr, was 42 and her mother, Lydia Jane Branson, was 34. She married Joseph Brown Canaday on 26 August 1891, in Vermillion, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Prairie Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Olivet, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1935. She died on 2 May 1935, in Elwood Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Quaker, Vermillion Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Sarah Walthal in household of Wm B Walthal, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah Walthall Canaday, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Sarah Walthall, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1866
Historical Boundaries: 1866: Vermillion, Indiana, United States
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (Derbyshire and Cheshire): variant of Walthew, from the Middle English personal name Walthef, Waldef, Walthew, Wallef (Old English Wælthēof), an Anglicized form of Old Norse Valthiófr, composed of the elements val ‘battle’ + thiofr ‘thief’, i.e. one who snatched victory out of defeat in battle. The personal name is mostly recorded in northern England and the North Midlands. For the name in Scotland, see Waldie .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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