Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Ridgway was christened on 7 December 1768, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Ridgway, was 37 and her mother, Rachel Pickford, was 37. She married John Broome on 9 July 1786, in Rainow, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She died after 1851.
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- Sarah Ridgway, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Ridgway, "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Ridgway - Church record: birth-name: Sarah Ridgway
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World Events (6)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Ridgeway .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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