Sarah Willis

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah Willis was born from about 1750 to 1760, in Tombrack, County Wexford, Ireland as the daughter of Samuel Willis. She had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Edward Danby. She died on 10 February 1841, in Lansdowne, Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Edward Danby
1760–1829
Sarah Willis
1750–1841
Thomas Danby
1781–1847
Samuel Danby
1790–1853
Eleanor Danby
1797–1861
Danby
1798–
Joseph Henry Danby
1798–1873

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    World Events (3)

    1798

    Battle of Antrim.

    1798

    The Young Ireland rebellion of 1798 failed.

    1839

    The Night of the BIG WIND. In Killarney and its neighborhood there was a terrible hurricane. The town sustained much damage and many houses were shattered.

    Name Meaning

    variant of Will with genitival -s. This surname represents a retention of the second syllable, introduced by the addition of the Middle English genitival suffix -es, which would have been pronounced in the Middle English period. Compare Wills . In some cases the name is a variant of Willey , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

    variant of Willows .

    English:

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

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