Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Gage was born about 1856, in Texas, United States, her father, David Ferdinand Gage, was 29 and her mother, Nancy Ann Hoover, was 28. She lived in Upshur, Texas, United States in 1860. She died after 1875.
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- Sarah Gage in household of Ferdinand Gage, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Ann Gage in household of Benjamin Gage, "United States Census, 1870"
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1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)
On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: "The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from Middle English gage, gauge ‘fixed measure’ (Old French gauge), probably applied as a metonymic occupational name for an assayer, an official who was in charge of checking weights and measures.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French gage ‘pledge, surety’ (against which money was lent), and therefore a metonymic occupational name for a moneylender or usurer.
English: variant of Geach, an unexplained name common in Cornwall.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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