Sarah Jane Kirby

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane Kirby was born in 1828, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States as the daughter of James Kirby and Matilda Kirby. She married Jacob Joseph Moyer on 17 May 1850, in Albemarle, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in St. Anne's Parish, Albemarle, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Samuel Miller District, Albemarle, Virginia, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Joseph Moyer
1827–1865
Sarah Jane Kirby
1828–
Marriage: 17 May 1850
Joseph Coleman Moyer
1852–1926
John William Moyer
1854–
James Willis Moyer
1858–1940
Matilda Jane Moyer
1861–1943
William Marcus Moyer
1865–1947

Sources (28)

  • Sally J Kirby in household of Nancy Kirby, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Alex Burnley in the Virginia, Compiled Marriages for Select Counties, 1851-1929
  • Sally in entry for Jno Wm Martin, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"

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World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

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.

1844 · Lumpkin's Jail

In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Kirby or Kirkby, from Old Norse kirkja ‘church’ + ‘farmstead, village’.

Irish: adopted for Ó Garmhaic ‘descendant of Cíarmhac’, a personal name meaning ‘dark son’. Compare Kerwick .

Irish: Anglicized form of Mac Geirble ‘son of Geirble’, a personal name of uncertain origin. The name is preserved in the townland name of Carrowkeribly in County Mayo.

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

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