Sarah Abigail Saunders

Brief Life History of Sarah Abigail

When Sarah Abigail Saunders was born in 1850, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, her father, Samuel Saunders, was 28 and her mother, Zilpha Durkee, was 26. She married Jesse Crosby on 20 March 1865, in Hebron, Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Ohio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1871. She died on 18 October 1922, in Yarmouth, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada, at the age of 72, and was buried in Ohio, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Crosby
1837–1875
Sarah Abigail Saunders
1850–1922
Marriage: 20 March 1865
Jesse Crosby
1866–1867
Arthur Crosby
1867–
Leona May Crosby
1870–1947
George Warren Crosby
1872–1958

Sources (35)

  • Sarah Crosly, "Canada Census, 1871"
  • Sarah, "Canada, Nova Scotia, Marriages, 1864-1918"
  • Sarah A Crosby, "Nova Scotia Deaths, 1890-1955"

World Events (4)

1869

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1871

British Columbia joins the confederation.

1909 · First Canadian Flight

The Silver Dart was the first recorded flight in Canada. It took off from Baddeck, Nova Scotia, on February 23, 1909, and was piloted by John Alexander Douglas McCurdy.

Name Meaning

English (Surrey and Kent): variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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