Sarah Helen Owen

Brief Life History of Sarah Helen

When Sarah Helen Owen was born on 21 September 1904, in Haywood, North Carolina, United States, her father, Charles Fletcher Owen, was 31 and her mother, Gay Pearson Boyd, was 19. She married Maurice Hood Sutton on 6 December 1924, in Greenville Township, Pitt, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Canton, Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1935 and Township 1, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 21 May 2000, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Sharon Memorial Park, Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Carter Ashcraft
1907–1986
Sarah Helen Owen
1904–2000
Marriage: 4 September 1937
Florence Mae Ashcraft
1930–2006
Anne Louise Ashcraft
1932–1990
Joan Carter Ashcraft
1934–2015

Sources (21)

  • Hellen Owen in household of Charles F Owen, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Sarah Helen Owen, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Helen Owen Sutton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1918 · Fort Bragg Established

Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

Welsh: from the personal name Owain, from Latin Eugenius (see Eugene ). This Welsh personal name is cognate with Old Irish Eogán, see 2 and 3.

Scottish and Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Eoghain ‘son of Eoghan’. See McEwen .

Irish: from Ó hEoghain, ‘descendant of Eoghan’. See Ewen .

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

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