Sarah Myers

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Myers was born on 3 July 1822, in Salem, Culpeper, Virginia, United States, her father, John Myers, was 38 and her mother, Elizabeth Britz, was 28. She married Thomas Chalkley Coffin on 13 February 1845, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1920. She died on 16 July 1920, in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Boise, Ada, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Chalkley Coffin
1813–1866
Sarah Myers
1822–1920
Marriage: 13 February 1845
Mary Coffin
1842–1892
Laura Ann Coffin
1847–1852
Clara Louise Coffin
1849–1938
Ella Elizabeth Coffin
1851–1853
Edwin Chapin Coffin
1855–1938
Manford Howard Coffin
1858–1925
Sherman Myers Coffin
1860–1934
John Coffin
1860–
Grace Greenwood Coffin
1863–1951

Sources (28)

  • Sarah Coffin in household of Thomas C Coffin, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Sarah Myers Coffin, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"
  • Sarah Myers in entry for Thomas Coffin, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1843

Historical Boundaries: 1843: Iowa Territory, United States 1843: Wapello, Iowa Territory, United States 1846: Wapello, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.

English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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