Brief Life History of Richard
When Richard Sanborn was born about 1848, in Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Moses Sanborn, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ann Dick, was 32. He lived in Lyman, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States in 1850 and Newbury, Orange, Vermont, United States in 1870.
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- Richard Sanborn, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Richard Sanborn - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1848; Bath, Bath, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States
- Richard Sanborn in household of Abial Chamberlain, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1864 · St. Albans Raid
St. Albans Raid took place on October 19, 1864. It was a Confederate raid from Canada into Union territory. Confederate soldiers that were in Canada raided the town of St. Albans killed one person and robbed three banks.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name probably from Sambourne in Warminster or Sambourn in Minety (both Wiltshire), but perhaps also from Sambourne (Warwickshire). The placenames all derive from Old English sand ‘sand’ + burna ‘spring, stream’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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