Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Riley was born in 1859, in Thomasville, Davidson, North Carolina, United States, her father, George W Riley, was 23 and her mother, Mary Ann Beck, was 24. She married John Newton Snider on 15 January 1885, in Davidson, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Davidson, North Carolina, United States in 1860.
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- Sarah J Riley in household of George W Riley, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Riley, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah G Riley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
On February 7, 1862, General Burnside's expedition started with the Battle of Roanoke Island. The battle was mostly fought by the Union and Confederate Navy's. This was a Union victory.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): habitational name chiefly from High Ryley in Accrington (Lancashire) and Riley in Kirkburton, which was in the manor of Wakefield (Yorkshire). In some cases the name may derive from Riley Farm in Eyam (Derbyshire), Royley in Royton (Lancashire), or Rylah in Scarcliffe (Derbyshire). The placenames all come from Old English rȳge ‘rye’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Irish: from Ó Raghailligh ‘descendant of Raghailleach’, Old Irish Roghallach. This is the name of a chieftain family in Cavan, related to the O'Rourkes. In Anglicized form it has also been confused with Ó Raithile found in Munster, usually Anglicized as O'Rahilly or Rahilly . See O'Reilly .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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