When Sarah Hayes was born on 10 January 1812, in Wells, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Hayes, was 29 and her mother, Sarah Monk, was 28. She married William Tilley on 21 November 1836, in Bristol, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 26 April 1888, in Bathampton, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.
English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .
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