Brief Life History of Ann
When Ann Sangster was born about 1781, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, John David S Sangster, was 19 and her mother, Sarah Fuston, was 17. She married James Mitchell about 1800, in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son.
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- Ann Sangster in entry for John Mitchell, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
- Ann Sangster in entry for John Mitchell, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
- Ann Sangster in entry for John Mitchell, "England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950"
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World Events (8)
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 and Scottish: from Middle English and Older Scots sang(e)stere ‘singer’; see Sanger 2. The Old English ending -ster was originally a feminine agent suffix, contrasted with the masculine -er, but by the period of surname formation, the gender distinction had disappeared; the distinction is largely regional. Compare Baker and Baxter ; Webber and Webster , etc.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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