Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Welch was born in 1777, her father, Edward Welch, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Sparrow, was 27. She married John Hopkins on 12 February 1795, in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom in 1841.
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- Sarah Hopkins in household of John Hopkins, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Sarah Welch, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Welch, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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World Events (8)
1787 · English Convicts Sail to Australia
The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
1789 · The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .
German: variant of Welk .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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