Sara Ellen Maffett

Brief Life History of Sara Ellen

When Sara Ellen Maffett was born on 14 December 1858, in Tombs Run, Watson Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Robert Grier Maffett, was 35 and her mother, Matilda G Tomb, was 33. She lived in Watson Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States in 1860 and Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 14 March 1947, at the age of 88, and was buried in Williamsport, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Grier Maffett
1823–1894
Matilda G Tomb
1825–1872
George T Maffett
1846–1852
Angelina E. Moffat
1848–1918
Mary Maffett
1849–1849
Elizabeth J Maffitt
1850–1883
Roberta Melvina Maffett
1853–1927
John Hill Maffitt
1854–1920
Henry T Maffett
1856–1930
Ida Maffett
1857–1933
Sara Ellen Maffett
1858–1947
Robert Maffett
1860–1918
Alice Matilda Maffett
1862–1911
Melvina Kate Maffett
1864–1939
Caroline Rachel "Carrie" Maffett
1867–1944

Sources (4)

  • Sarah Maffit in household of Robert Maffit, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sara Ellen Maffet, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
  • Sarah Ellen Maffett Harris, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Moffatt .

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

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