Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Winter was born about 1799, in East Hoathly, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. She married Henry Coleman on 9 October 1820, in East Hoathly, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She died before 1851.
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- Sarah in entry for Mary Coleman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah in entry for Harriet Coleman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah in entry for Ann Coleman, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (7)
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: from the Middle English (Old English) personal name Winter (Old English Wintra), originally a nickname from the word for ‘winter’ and perhaps still a nickname (see 2 below) in the period of surname formation.
English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English winter, a variant of Middle English, Anglo-Norman French viniter, vinter ‘wine merchant’.
Irish: Anglicized form (part translation) of Gaelic Mac Giolla-Gheimhridh ‘son of the lad of winter’, from geimhreadh ‘winter’. This name is also Anglicized McAlivery.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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