Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Russell was born on 18 April 1845, in Bentonville, Posey Township, Fayette, Indiana, United States, her father, Edward P. Russell, was 24 and her mother, Patience Newal George, was 22. She married Frederick Newton Soule on 8 September 1860, in Rice, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Morristown Township, Rice, Minnesota, United States for about 15 years and Lacomb, Linn, Oregon, United States in 1910. She died on 11 January 1936, in Morristown, Rice, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Morristown, Rice, Minnesota, United States.
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- Sarah Bloomer in household of Emery Bloomer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sarah Loules, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
- Sarah Jane Bloomer, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Rice, Minnesota Territory, United States 1858: Rice, Minnesota, United States
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.
Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Letter from Mrs E.R. Bloomer to Mr. Chas. E. Russell, dated Jan. 16, 1936
"Dear Uncle Charlie, This is to let you know that dear Grandma had three strokes last Sat. morning, and died at 7:30 that evening. ... The funeral was Tues. p.m. at M.E. Church where she had belonged …
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