Brief Life History of Sabra Ann
When Sabra Ann Ward was born on 13 December 1849, in Cobourg, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada, her father, Martin Marcine Ward, was 26 and her mother, Rachael Babcock, was 24. She married B. Frank Sawin in 1876, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Kent Election Precinct 3, King, Washington, United States in 1900. She died on 13 November 1919, in South Haven, Van Buren, Michigan, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Grinnell, Poweshiek, Iowa, United States.
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- Sabra A Taylor in household of F C Taylor, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sabra Ann Ward - Published information: Census record: birth-name: Sabra Ann Ward
- Sabra A. Sawin, "Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992"
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1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Poweshiek, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Letter to Esther WARD MATHEWS from Addie JOHNSON WARD, wife of Esther's brother, Miles:
Date: Oct 25th 1891, Neligh Nebraska: Dear Sister & Family one & all, After a long absence I will try write a few lines though I don't know who wrote last you or I. Sabra was out in Sept and ADA w …
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