When Sarah Jane Eldridge was born on 26 April 1835, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Zachariah Eldridge, was 24 and her mother, Mary Caroline Dennis, was 22. She married James Thomas Webb in 1851. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Civil District 1, Overton, Tennessee, United States for about 10 years and Kimberly, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 26 August 1926, in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States.
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Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Elrich or Eldrich, variants of Alrich and Aldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’ (see Aldridge ). The name might also be a variant of Eldrett, a variant of Aldred , which often occurs in Middle English as Aldret and Eldret, and might have been associated with Eldridge as a result of surname confusion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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