Sarah Morgan

Femaleabout 1784–

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Morgan was born about 1784, in Llangyfelach, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Morgan, was 31 and her mother, Catherine Rosser, was 28.

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    World Events (3)

    1815

    Age 31

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1823

    Age 39

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    1831 · Merthyr Uprising 

    Age 47

    Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.

    Name Meaning

    Welsh (especially Glamorgan): from the medieval Welsh personal name Morgan, Morgant (Old Welsh Morcant, of uncertain etymology).

    Irish: importation of the Welsh surname (see 1 above), to which has been assimilated more than one Gaelic surname, notably Ó Muireagáin (see Merrigan ).

    Scottish: probably from a Gaelic personal name cognate with Welsh Morcant.

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

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