Brief Life History of Thomas Benjamin
When Thomas Benjamin Sayer was born about 1849, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Bishop Sayer, was 30 and his mother, Hannah Bird, was 30. He married Maria Bitton Courtnell on 6 August 1871, in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom in 1881.
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- Thomas B Sayer, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Thomas Benjamin Sayer, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Thomas Benjamin Sayer, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
Spouse and Children
1849– Male
1849–1897 Female
Children (5)
1872– Female
1876– Female
1877– Female
1878– Female
1885– Male
Parents and Siblings
1820–1860 Male
1820– Female
Siblings (8)
1843– Female
1844– Female
1846– Female
1849– Male
1852– Male
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World Events (7)
1854 · The Crimean War
Age 5
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 31
1884
Age 35
Name Meaning
English: common occupational name from Middle English sayer, a phonetic variant of Sawyer , which in Wales and neighboring English counties may have been reinforced by the synonymous Welsh saer ‘carpenter’ and everywhere by a possible borrowing into Middle English of Old French seieor, saieur ‘sawyer’.
English: rare occupational name perhaps denoting an assayer of metals, or a servant who tasted his lord's food before serving, from Middle English saiour ‘assayer, tester’ (a shortened form of Old French assaiour, ultimately from Late Latin exagium, a derivative of exagmināre ‘to weigh’).
English: rare occupational name for a professional reciter or minstrel, from Middle English seier(e) ‘speaker’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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