Brief Life History of Sarah Ann Rebecca
When Sarah Ann Rebecca Elder was born on 26 February 1818, in Fayette, Georgia, United States, her father, Sterling Elder, was 27 and her mother, Mary S Herring, was 28. She married Charles Clements on 20 December 1832, in Fayette, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She died on 11 October 1853, in her hometown, at the age of 35.
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Sources (6)
- Sarah A Clements in household of Charles Clements, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Ann Elder, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Sarah Ann Rebecca Elder Clements, "Find A Grave Index"
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1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1821
Historical Boundaries: 1821: Fayette, Georgia, United States
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Scottish: distinguishing nickname from Middle English and Older Scots elder ‘parent; older, senior person’, perhaps in some cases denoting the older of two bearers of the same personal name. It may have been used also to denote an elder of a church, a senior and respected member of the congregation. Compare Senior .
English: in southeastern England, this may be a variant of Helder .
Americanized form (translation into English) of German Elter , which has the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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