Sarah Jane Reeder

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

Sarah Jane Reeder was born about 1866, in Alabama, United States as the daughter of Jessie Reeder and Elizabeth Gutings. She married Daniel Hardy Skillman on 29 December 1878, in Baldwin, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 24 September 1928, in Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Union Hill Cemetery, Pensacola, Escambia, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel Hardy Skillman
1848–1910
Sarah Jane Reeder
1866–1928
Marriage: 29 December 1878
Bessie Lee Skillman
1879–1931
Baby Boy Skillman
1889–
Baby Girl Skillman
1894–
Alice Ann Skillman
1896–1928

Sources (6)

  • Sarah Jane Reeder, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Sara Jane Skillman, "Florida Deaths, 1877-1939"
  • Sarah J Skillman in entry for Skillman, "Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930"

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World Events (8)

1866 · The First Civil Rights Act

The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.

1876

Oldest grave seen on the memorials list

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for someone who used reeds as a roofing material (a thatcher), a derivative of Middle English rede ‘reed’ + -er. Compare Reed and Redman .

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a clearing, a derivative of Middle English rede, ride, rude ‘clearing’ (see Reed ) + -er, synonymous and interchangeable with atte Rede, atte Rude ‘at the clearing’. This type of name, composed of a topographic term + -er, is common in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and it is also found in Essex.

Dutch and German: variant of Reder 3.

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

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