Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Wilcox was born in June 1874, in California, United States, her father, Oliver Willcox, was 42 and her mother, Mary Jane Deugay, was 21. She lived in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States in 1880 and Bandon, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1900.
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- Sarah Wilcox in household of Mary Wilcox, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah Wilcox in household of Olive Wilcox, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire, Lancashire, and Flintshire): variant of Wilcock , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This form of the surname is based on the pronunciation.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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