Brief Life History of Sarah Wyckoff
When Sarah Wyckoff Hendrickson was born on 13 May 1869, in Imlaystown, Upper Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, her father, Forman Hendricksen, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Eunice Hyers, was 25. She married George Arthur Longshore on 26 February 1890, in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Freehold Township, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States for about 15 years and Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1905. She died on 11 February 1918, in Allentown Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Allentown Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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- Sarah M Longshore in household of George A Longshore, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah Hendrickson, "New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980"
- Sarah Wyckoff Henderickson Longshore, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swedish Henriksson (see Henrikson ), Danish, Norwegian, and North German Henriksen or Henrichsen , and Dutch, North German, and Danish Hendriksen . Compare Hendrixson and Henrickson .
English (eastern): patronymic from the personal name Hendrick + -son. This form of the surname appears to be a 16th- or 17th-century importation to Britain from the Netherlands, and was reinforced in the 20th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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