Sarah Ellen Baxter

Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen

When Sarah Ellen Baxter was born on 6 December 1828, in Linstead Parva, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Baxter, was 23 and her mother, Mary Ann Rose, was 27. She married John Balls on 3 November 1848, in Linstead Parva, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1868 and lived in Linstead Magna, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Chediston, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 23 April 1874, in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Hyde Park, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Balls
1824–1902
Sarah Ellen Baxter
1828–1874
Marriage: 3 November 1848
William Balls
1849–1939
Mary Balls
1851–1923
John Balls Jr.
1853–1918
Sarah Balls
1855–1925
Hannah Elizabeth Balls
1857–1933
Ellen Balls
1859–1922
James Balls
1861–1937
Eliza Balls
1863–1945
Daniel Balls
1865–1947
Heber C Balls
1867–1926
Jabez Henry Balls
1871–1949
Charles Herbert Balls
1873–1956

Sources (43)

  • Sarah Balch, "United States Census, 1870"
  • 1829 Christening of Sarah,(Shows mother's maiden name) "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • 1848 Marriage of Sarah Baxter and John Balls, Record Transcription: England & Wales Marriages 1837-2005

World Events (8)

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Life Story of Sarah (Balls) Seamons

Life Story of Sarah Balls Written by Elvira (Seamons) Burgess – daughter of Sarah (Edited by Garold S Seamons - grandson) Suffolk County, England, has an area of 1489 square miles and had a populatio …

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