Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Winn was born on 24 December 1871, in Adamsville, Beaver, Utah, United States, her father, James Thomas Winn, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Jane Jones, was 19. She married Albert Arthur Wood on 15 September 1889, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and Downey Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 24 June 1952, in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Sarah Jane Wood in household of William H Gold, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sarah Jane Prothers, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- Sarah Jane Wood, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
1878 · Early Settlers Arrive in Mesa
George W. Sirrine, Charles I. Robson, Charles Crismon, and Francis M. Pomeroy broke ahead of the Mesa Company to determine the permanent location for the new settlers. They arrived to Ft. Utah in Arizona on December 1877. The remainder of the nine families of the Mesa Company arrived on February 14, 1878. The company moved five miles upstream to utilize an ancient canal. The townsite was known as Mesa City.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Welsh: variant of Wynn .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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