Sarah Thompson

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Thompson was born on 25 August 1824, in Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Abel Kemp Thompson II, was 39 and her mother, Catharine "Caty" Boylan, was 32. She married Lorenzo Dow Brakeman on 11 March 1846, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Sandy Creek Township, Mercer, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Fairfield Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860. She died on 4 January 1871, in York, York, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, York, York, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Dow Brakeman
1824–1905
Sarah Thompson
1824–1871
Marriage: 11 March 1846
George William Brakeman
1845–1923
Edith Mary Brakeman
1850–
Catherine Brakeman
1848–
Mary Elizabeth Brakeman
1851–1933
William G. Brakeman
1852–
Eliza E. Brakeman
1854–1854
Kathryn Bell Brakeman
1854–1920
James Henry Brakeman
1855–1935
Ellen Elenor Henrietta Brakeman
1855–
David J. Brakeman
1859–1925
Charles Wyning Brakeman
1861–1929
Oliver Clark Brakeman
1864–1884
Lincoln Harvey Brakeman
1867–1940

Sources (15)

  • Sarah Brakeman in household of Lorenzo Brakeman, "United States Census, 1860"
  • SARAH BRAKEMAN, "BillionGraves Index"
  • Sarah Thompson in entry for James Henry Brakeman, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

World Events (7)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1846

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

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.

Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .

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

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