Sarah Alice Dunlap

Brief Life History of Sarah Alice

When Sarah Alice Dunlap was born on 9 February 1857, in Fulton, Indiana, United States, her father, William Dunlap, was 50 and her mother, Mary Kay, was 32. She married John Henry Shilt on 14 April 1874. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Cleveland Township, Stafford, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Richland Township, Stafford, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 January 1923, in Seward, Stafford, Kansas, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in St. John, Stafford, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Henry Shilt
1852–1924
Sarah Alice Dunlap
1857–1923
Marriage: 14 April 1874
Theodore Cressie Shilt
1871–
Ocie Elizabeth Shilt
1875–
George Guy Shilt
1877–1954
Bertha Ellen Shilt
1879–1900
Andrew Otice Shilt
1883–1957
Aytton Samuel Shilt
1887–
Nora Ann Shilt
1889–1944
Stella May Shilt
1893–1975

Sources (7)

  • Sarah Dunlap in household of William Dunlap, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah A Dunlap, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Sarah Alice Dunlap Shilt, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867

Historical Boundaries: 1867: Stafford, Kansas, United States* *From 1875-1879, large parts of the county were given to Barton and Pratt counties and then mostly returned to Stafford

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from a place near Kilmarnock named Dunlop, from Gaelic dùn ‘fort’ + possibly lápach ‘muddy’. The traditional pronunciation places the stress on the second syllable, although nowadays it is usually placed on the first.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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