Sarah Elizabeth Duncan

Female1830–August 1880

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth Duncan was born in 1830, in Tilden, Webster, Kentucky, United States, her father, Elijah Duncan, was 41 and her mother, Nancy Lewis, was 36. She married James Thomas Handley on 1 November 1848, in Henderson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Morganfield, Union, Kentucky, United States in 1870 and Corydon, Henderson, Kentucky, United States in 1880. She died in August 1880, at the age of 50.

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Family Time Line

James Thomas Handley
1829–1905
Sarah Elizabeth Duncan
1830–1880
Marriage: 1 November 1848
Minerva Jane Handley
1849–1915
Rovella Handley
1864–1925
Handley
1872–1872
William J. Handley
1852–1856
Mary Frances Handley
1854–1898
Isaac William Handley
1856–1856
Sarah Catherine Handley
1857–1859
Nancy Ann Handley
1860–1937
James Robert Handley
1862–1947
Edward Gibson Hanley
1865–1942
George Henry Fink Handley
1868–1885
Nathan Ignatious Handley
1874–1879

Sources (12)

  • Sarah Handley in household of James Handley, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Duncan, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Sarah E Duncan in entry for James R Handley and Lizzie Duncan, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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  • Marriage
    1 November 1848Henderson, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (12)

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    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Age 0

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens

    Age 0

    The Louisville and Portland canal opened in 1830. It was a 2 mile canal. It helped with the barrier caused by the Falls of the Ohio River at Louisville by making a route around them.

    1846

    Age 16

    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: from the Older Scots personal name Dunecan, itself from the traditional Irish royal name Donnchad(h), derived from donn ‘brown-haired’ + cath ‘battle’. Judging by the Scots form, the Scottish Gaelic intermediary seems to have been understood as containing ceann ‘head’, as if the whole name meant ‘brown head’; compare sense 2. In Ireland the name was Anglicized as Donagh or Donaghue. Compare Donahue .

    Irish: used as an Anglicized equivalent of Gaelic Ó Duinnchinn ‘descendant of Donncheann’, a byname composed of the elements donn ‘brown-haired man’ or ‘chieftain’ + ceann ‘head’.

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

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