Sarah Jane Canter

Female1837–15 December 1914

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Canter was born in 1837, in Benedict, Charles, Maryland, United States, her father, Henry V. Canter, was 42 and her mother, Sarah Anne Hickey, was 38. She married Richard Henry Lamar on 20 December 1866. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Bryantown, Charles, Maryland, United States in 1900 and District 8 Bryantown, Charles, Maryland, United States in 1910. She died on 15 December 1914, at the age of 77, and was buried in Oldfields Episcopal Chapel Cemetery, Hughesville, Charles, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Richard Henry Lamar
1845–1914
Sarah Jane Canter
1837–1914
Marriage: 20 December 1866
Sarah Isabella Lamar
1868–1932
Mary E. Lamar
1875–
Annie Lee Lamar
1869–1910
Bernice Estelle Lamar
1874–1941

Sources (5)

  • Sarah J Samar in household of Richard Samar, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Jane Canter in household of Henry Canter, "United States Census, 1860"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    20 December 1866
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1846

    Age 9

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    1853

    Age 16

    Historical Boundaries 1853: Charles, Maryland, United States

    1863

    Age 26

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Middlesex, of Norman origin): variant of Cantor .

    Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Kanter and perhaps also of Kantor .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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