Brief Life History of Eureatha
When Eureatha Sawyer was born about December 1879, in Washington, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States, her father, Anson Walter Sawyer, was 27 and her mother, Malinda O'Neal, was 25. She married Charles Barrow Paul on 13 December 1902, in Beaufort, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Bath Township, Beaufort, North Carolina, United States in 1900.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Eureatha Sawyer in household of Anson Sawyer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eureatha Sawyer - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Eureatha Sawyer
- Retha Sawyer, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1877–1950 Male
1879– Female
Parents and Siblings
1852–1923 Male
1854–1954 Female
Siblings (8)
1871– Female
1879– Female
1881–1958 Female
1884–1965 Male
1886–1963 Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 2
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 18
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who earned his living by sawing wood, from Middle English sauer(e), sauw(i)er, also sagh(i)er, sag(i)er ‘sawyer’, a derivative of Old English sagu ‘saw’.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname, or translation into English of Jewish Seger or some other surname meaning ‘sawyer’, e.g. German Sager and Slovenian Žagar (see Zagar ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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