Sarah Salmon

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Salmon was born about 1707, in Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Salmon, was 27 and her mother, Joane Woolridge, was 31.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Salmon
1681–1760
Joane Woolridge
1677–1742
James Salmon
1704–
Sarah Salmon
1707–
Thomas Salmon
1708–
Arthur Salmon
1711–
Eleanor Salmon
1714–
Judith Salmon
1722–
Mary Salmon
1710–1785
John Salmon
1710–
Betty Salmon
1712–
Joane Salmon
1714–1778
Mary Salmon
1717–1769
Betty Salmon
1719–
Thomas Salmon
1721–1787

Sources (2)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Salmon - Church record: Birth record or certificate: birth-name: Sarah Salmon
  • Sarah Salmon, "England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999"

World Events (2)

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.

Name Meaning

English and French: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Salmon, Saumon, a shortened form of Salomon (see Solomon ). The Normans introduced it to England, and it was current as a personal name there until at least the end of the 14th century. The derived surname is found throughout 13th- and 14th-century England, mostly in the spellings Saleman and Salman, which eventually became regularized as Salmon. See also 2 below, compare Salman 3.

English: occasionally perhaps a nickname for someone ‘as wise as Solomon’. In Chaucer's Canon's Yeoman's Tale, it is stated: ‘And whan we been togidres euerichoon, Euery man semeth a Salomon’. King Solomon was famed for his wisdom.

English: nickname from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English salmon, saumo(u)n, saumun, samoun ‘salmon’, no doubt given to someone who caught, sold, or ate the fish.

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

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