Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Reed was born in 1804, in Arrington, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of John Read and Jane. She married John Gadd on 16 August 1829, in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom for about 40 years. She died in October 1886, in Caxton, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 82.
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- Sarah Gadd, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Sarah Read, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Reed, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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