Sarah Sally Janette Nichols

Brief Life History of Sarah Sally Janette

When Sarah Sally Janette Nichols was born on 13 November 1812, in Connecticut, United States, her father, Deacon Philo Nichols, was 47 and her mother, Catherine “Caty” Curtis, was 43. She married John Edwin Rogers I in 1829, in New York City, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Beaver Dam, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Minnesota, United States in 1870. She died on 15 April 1895, in Election Precinct 7 West Chehalem, Yamhill, Oregon, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Noble Cemetery, Newberg, Yamhill, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Edwin Rogers I
1807–1894
Sarah Sally Janette Nichols
1812–1895
Marriage: 1829
Sarah Ann Rogers
1830–1903
Emily Nash Rogers
1831–
Louisa Morilla Rogers
1832–1895
Josiah Rogers
1833–1923
George Erastus Rogers
1835–1839
Mary Jane Rogers
1838–1921
Emily Amelia Rogers
1840–1935
George Washington Rogers
1842–1895
Melissa Jenette Rogers
1846–1935
John Edwin Rogers
1849–1908
Robert Henry Ross Rogers
1851–1924
Nathan Edgar Rogers
1854–1854

Sources (10)

  • Janet Rogers in household of John Rogers, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sally Jenette Nichols - Church record: birth-name: Sally Jenette Nichols
  • Sarah Nichols, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

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

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