Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Long was born on 1 October 1792, in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, her father, John Long, was 38 and her mother, Hannah Shaw, was 32. She married Richard Athorn on 5 July 1813, in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- Sarah Athron in household of Richard Athron, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Sarah Long, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Long, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed
The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .
Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).
German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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