Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth
Sarah Elizabeth Warren was born on 8 May 1840, in Clyde, Oakland, Michigan, United States as the daughter of Ebenezer Wallace Warren and Mary Matilda Burrows-Warren. She married Burton Humphrey Ruggles on 15 October 1867, in Normal, McLean, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Batavia, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 19 June 1913, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Sarah Ruggles, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sara Elizabeth Ruggles, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Sarah E. Warren, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Moving the State Capital
The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1861 · Simple life to Soldiers
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English (Old French) personal name Warin, Werin, a borrowing of ancient Germanic Warino, a short form of various compound names based on the element warin ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’. Compare Waring .
English and Irish (of Norman origin): habitational name from La Varrenne in Seine-Maritime, France, named with a Gaulish element probably descriptive of alluvial land or sandy soil. This was the name of a major Norman family after the Conquest. In Ireland, this name has been Gaelicized as Bharain.
Irish: adopted as an English form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane , Warner ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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