Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Markham was born in 1765, in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Markam, was 27 and her mother, Anne Jarvis, was 26. She married Joseph Dickenson on 7 August 1787, in Ordsall, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters.
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- Sarah Markam, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Markham, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Sarah in entry for Hannah Dickonson, "England, Nottinghamshire, Church Records, 1578-1937"
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World Events (6)
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.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Markham Clinton or East Markham (Nottinghamshire). The placename derives from Old English mearc ‘mark, boundary’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’.
Irish: English surname used as an equivalent of Gaelic Ó Marcacháin ‘descendant of Marcachán’, a diminutive of Marcach ‘horseman, rider’ (see Markey ). This was originally a Galway surname but is now found mainly in Clare, sometimes translated into English as Ryder .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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