Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Roe was born before 4 December 1805, in Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Roe, was 32 and her mother, Elizabeth Stubbs, was 11802. She married Thomas Harrison on 2 December 1823, in St Mary's Church, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 4 June 1839, in her hometown, and was buried in St Mary's Church, Whittlesey, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Sarah Harrison, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983"
- Sarah Harrison in entry for Mary Anne Harrison, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983"
- Sarah Harrison in entry for Jane Harrison, "England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983"
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English ro(o) ‘roe deer’ (Old English rā). This is the midland and southern form, also found in South Yorkshire and Lancashire. In much of northern England, however, rā remained unrounded and survives as Ray 3.
English: post-medieval variant of Wroe (see Wray ). Wroe may also have been used as a spelling of Roe .
English: post-medieval variant of Row (or vice versa); see Rowe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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