Sarah Elizabeth James

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth James was born on 10 February 1843, in Wabash, Indiana, United States, her father, Otey James, was 29 and her mother, Maria Theresia Jerusha Beroth, was 35. She married Moses Ferguson Clark on 19 December 1860, in Warren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Qu'Appelle, South Qu'Appelle No. 157, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1906 and Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1911. She died on 21 October 1919, in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Indianola, Warren, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Moses Ferguson Clark
1837–1914
Sarah Elizabeth James
1843–1919
Marriage: 19 December 1860
Cora Endora Clark
1861–1946
Lincoln Grant Clark
1867–1936
Addie Clark
1868–
Alvin Avalo Clark
1870–1953
Albert Clark
1873–
Nellie C. Clark
1873–1956
George J. Clark
1875–1915
Anna Clark
1877–
Lula Belle Clark
1878–1966
Grace L. Clark
1884–1910

Sources (18)

  • Lizzie Clark in household of Moses Clark, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah Elizabeth Clark, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Elizabeth Clark, "Recensement du Canada de 1911"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Warren, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .

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

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