Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
Sarah Jane Deacon was born on 11 November 1854, in Hartshead, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She married John Turner on 25 July 1874, in Birstall, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Heckmondwike, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891 and Armley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1901. She died on 30 December 1937, in Leeds, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.
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- Sarah J Turner in household of John Turner, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Sarah Jane Deacon, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage
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1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English deken, dicoun ‘deacon, a priest's assistant at church services’ (Old French diacne, Old English diacon, dēacon, both ultimately from Late Latin diaconus, from Greek diakonos ‘servant’). Since deacons were in holy orders they would not be permitted to marry (with allowance for those few already married when ordained), so the surname is probably in most cases a secular nickname rather than the name of a church official, perhaps denoting a deacon's servant.
English: variant of Dicken .
Irish (Wexford): of English origin (see 1 and 2 above), taken to Ireland in the 17th century. When the Irish surname is not of English origin, it may be an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Deocáin ‘descendant of Deocán’, a personal name of uncertain etymology.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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