Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Booker was born about 1851, in Tinsley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Charles Booker, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Hartley Hall, was 25. She lived in Fenwick, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861.
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Sources (3)
- Sarah Booker in household of Charles Booker, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Sarah Booker, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Booker - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Sarah Booker
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Siblings (11)
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World Events (8)
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Middle English bokere, bouker ‘learned man, scholar; scribe’ (Old English bōcere, an agent derivative of bōc ‘book’).
English: variant of Bowker .
Americanized form of German Bucher .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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