Brief Life History of Lavina Augusta
When Lavina Augusta Sadler was born about 1850, in South Africa, her father, William Sadler, was 28 and her mother, Jane Barbara Wall, was 20.
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World Events (3)
1852
Sand River Convention. Britain recognizes Transvaal as the independent Afrikaner South African Republic.
1856
Xhosa cattle sacrifices lead to famine.
1867
Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and German: occupational name for a maker or seller of saddles, from Middle English sadeler(e) ‘saddler’ or an agent derivative of Middle High German and Middle Low German sadel ‘saddle’. The name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century. In North America, this surname has also absorbed other German variants (see Sattler and Sedler ) and cognates from other languages, e.g. Polish Siedlarz and Czech Sedlář, Slovak Sedlár, Slovenian and Croatian Sedlar . Compare Saddler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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