Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Farnham was born on 10 October 1810, in Biddeford, York, Maine, United States, her father, Alfred Farnum, was 27 and her mother, Sally Ross, was 18. She married David M. Riley in 1825, in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine, United States for about 10 years and Standish, Cumberland, Maine, United States in 1880. She died on 13 January 1901, in Saco, York, Maine, United States, at the age of 90.
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- Sarah Riley in household of David Riley, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah Farnham, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Susan Farnham, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1820
Maine is the 23rd state.
1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Farnham in Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Essex, Suffolk, Surrey, and Yorkshire, all named from Old English fearn ‘fern’ + either hām ‘homestead’ or hamm ‘enclosure hemmed in by water, a water-meadow’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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