Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Savage was born on 12 January 1850, in Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Savage, was 38 and her mother, Mary Bailey, was 22. She married Charles Farraway Sr. in 1870, in Bromley, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Somersham, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and West Ham, Essex, England, United Kingdom in 1891. She died on 6 December 1917, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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- Eliza Faraway in household of Charles Faraway, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Eliza Farraway, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
- Eliza Farraway in entry for Charles Farraway, "England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997"
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1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1867 · Ontario Founded
On July 1, 1867, the province of Ontario was founded. It is the second largest province in Canada. A third of the population of Canada live here. Before it was Ontario it was called Upper Canada and had a Governor.
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Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, a nickname for a wild or uncouth person, from Middle English and Old French salvage, sauvage ‘wild, untamed’ (from Late Latin salvaticus, literally ‘man of the woods’, a derivative of Latin silva ‘wood’ influenced by Latin salvus ‘whole’, i.e. natural). Compare French Sauvage .
Irish (Down): generally of English origin (it was taken to County Down in the 12th century), this name has also sometimes been adopted as equivalent of Gaelic Ó Sabháin, the name of a small south Munster sept, which was earlier Anglicized as O'Savin (see Savin ).
Americanized form of Jewish (Ashkenazic) Savich and of Serbian Savić (see Savic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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