Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Addison was born on 15 March 1843, in Indiana, United States, her father, Eldridge Addison, was 32 and her mother, Rachel Eddleman, was 31. She married Henry Clay Vanmeter on 6 February 1868, in Hancock, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Wayne Township, Henry, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Hancock, Indiana, United States in 1910. In 1860, at the age of 17, her occupation is listed as domestic in Blue River Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States. She died on 15 April 1926, in Shirley, Brown Township, Hancock, Indiana, United States, at the age of 83.
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- Sarah Van Meter in household of Henry Van Meter, "United States Census, 1900"
- Sarah J Vanmeter, "United States Census, 1910"
- Sarah J Addison in household of Andrew Willis, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: patronymic from the Older Scots or northern Middle English personal name Addie, or from the Middle English personal names Ade and Addy (all pet forms of Adam) + son.
History: John Addison (died 1706) came from Westmorland, England, to MD in 1667.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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