Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Ransom was born on 25 August 1835, in Addison, Addison, Steuben, New York, United States, her father, George Washington Ransom, was 26 and her mother, Eliza Burt, was 21. She married Levi B Lewis on 9 May 1859, in Bingham Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Harrison, Harrison Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States in 1850 and Bingham Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States for about 20 years. She died on 2 June 1889, in Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in North Bingham, Bingham Township, Potter, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Sarah Ransom in household of George W Ransom, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Ransom Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Ransom in entry for Selden Sylvanus Lewis, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English:
patronymic from the Middle English personal name Rand , a pet form of the personal name Randolf (see Randolph ), + -son.
perhaps a variant of Ramsden .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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