Brief Life History of Sarah Amanda
When Sarah Amanda Whitaker was born on 27 March 1848, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, her father, Stephen Decatur Whitaker, was 34 and her mother, Elizabeth Taylor, was 27. She lived in Valley Town Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and North Carolina, United States in 1926. She died on 22 May 1926, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Valleytown Cemetery, Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Sarah A Whitaker in household of James Mc Whitaker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah Amanda Whitaker, "North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930"
- Sarah Amanda Whitaker, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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World Events (8)
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Whitacre in Warwickshire or High Whitaker in Lancashire, both of whose names derive from Old English hwīt ‘white’ + æcer ‘field’. The name may also be derived from Wheatacre in Norfolk or Whiteacre in Waltham (Kent), both of which derive from Old English hwǣte ‘wheat’ + æcer ‘field’. Compare Whittaker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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