When Sarah Rogers was born in June 1841, in Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Rogers, was 25 and her mother, Anne Thomas, was 24. She married William John Williams about January 1873, in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Gelligaer, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. She died after 1910, in Archbald, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, and was buried in Waymart, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1878: Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States
English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).
History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.
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