Sarah Woolery

1809–January 1889 (Age 80)
Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada

The Life of Sarah

When Sarah Woolery was born in 1809, in Cornwall, Stormont Dundas and Glengarry, Ontario, Canada, her father, Henry Ullrich Woolery, was 52 and her mother, Eunice Hahn, was 25. She married David Daniel Allen in 1827, in Dundas, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Chico Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States in 1860 and California, United States in 1870. She died in January 1889, in Chico, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 80.

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Family Time Line

David Daniel Allen
1805–1887
Sarah Woolery
1809–1889
Marriage: 1827
Harriet Allen
1830–1891
Reuben Allen
1832–1900
Albert L Allen
1833–1922
Samuel Daniel Allen
1834–1880
Melissa M Allen
1837–1927
James N Allen
1840–
David H Allen
1841–1914
John Henry Allen
1845–1926
Cynthia Permelia Allen
1848–1930
Sarah Gertrude Allen
1851–1934

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1827
Dundas, Ontario, Canada
children

(10)

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Parents and Siblings

    Henry Ullrich Woolery

    Male1757–1838Male

    Eunice Hahn

    Female1784–1819Female

siblings

(3)

World Events (8)

1812

Age 3

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812

Age 3

Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 21

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.

Name Meaning

English (West Midlands): unexplained.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Sarah Allen in household of David Allen, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Allen in household of David Allen, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah Allen in household of David Allen, "United States Census, 1860"

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