Sarah Mathias

Femaleabout 1839–

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah Mathias was born about 1839, in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. She married Benjamin Mathias Harman in 1856, in United States.

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Benjamin Mathias Harman
1834–1903
Sarah Mathias
1839–
Marriage: 1856

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  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900

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  • Marriage
    1856United States

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    1839 · The Rebecca Riots Take Place

    Age 0

    The Rebecca Riots were a group of protests in west Wales from 1839-1843. The people involved were mostly poor farmers, primarily men dressed as women. The group was called “Rebecca and her daughters”, a title believed to have come the book of Genesis. They mostly fought against the toll-gates. There is only record of one death during the riots: a young Sarah Williams had been warned that the rioters were coming, but upon refusing to leave, was killed.

    1843

    Age 4

    Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

    1884

    Age 45

    Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

    Name Meaning

    English, Welsh, German, French, Walloon, Luxembourgish, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Tanzania): from a variant of the Biblical personal name Matthias, a Latin and Greek form of Matthew .

    Germanized or Americanized form of Hungarian Mátyás, Czech or Slovak Matyáš, Matiáš, Matiaš, etc., Croatian Matijaš, and Slovenian Matjaš or Matjaž, cognates of 1 (see Matias and Matyas ). Compare Matthias .

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

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