Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen
When Sarah Ellen Hallam was born on 29 September 1866, in Husbands Bosworth, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hallam, was 43 and her mother, Sophia Wells, was 34. She married Joseph Sedgley on 3 January 1887. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Catthorpe, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 21 December 1952, in Rugby, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 86.
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- Sarah Ellen Sedgeley in household of Joseph Sedgeley, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Sarah Ellen Hallum, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Hallam in entry for William Alfred Sedgeley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
Name Meaning
English (North Midlands): habitational name from Halam (Nottinghamshire) or from Kirk or West Hallam (Derbyshire), all named with the Old English dative plural halum ‘(at the) nooks or corners of land’ (from Old English halh ‘nook, recess’; see Hale 1). The name may also be derived from Hallam in Sheffield (Yorkshire), sometimes called Hallamshire, named from Old English hallum ‘(at the) rocks’, the dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone, rock’, Old Norse hallr.
English: possibly a variant of Allam with prosthetic H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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