Brief Life History of Sarah Maria
When Sarah Maria Presher was born on 8 June 1838, in Tioga, New York, United States, her father, John Richard Presher, was 46 and her mother, Millison Turner, was 33. She married John Gustavus Hilton on 10 February 1857, in Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States in 1920. She died on 14 February 1922, in Rock, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville, Rock, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Sally W Pressure, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Maria Presher Hilton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Maria Pressure in entry for Elroy B Hilton, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day .
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ari, Amnon, Aron, Nechama.
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Pressler 1.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for someone who ironed clothes, from Yiddish pres ‘flat iron’ + the agent suffix -ler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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