Sarah Elizabeth Knight

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth Knight was born on 11 March 1840, in Liberty, Liberty, Texas, United States, her father, James Knight, was 34 and her mother, Eliza Green, was 30. She married Pelique Berry Jolley on 14 March 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States for about 60 years. She died on 25 November 1921, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Payson City Cemetery, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Fairbanks
1839–1923
Sarah Elizabeth Knight
1840–1921
Marriage: about 1864
William Lott Fairbanks
1865–1886
Sarah Matilda Fairbanks
1867–1955
John Franklin Fairbanks
1869–
Lucas B. Fairbanks
1870–

Sources (36)

  • Sarah Jolley, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Sarah Jalley, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
  • Sarah Jolley, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, Untied States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: status or occupational name from Middle English knight ‘retainer, attendant’ (Old English cniht ‘boy, youth, lad)’. The specialized feudal sense ‘a high-ranking tenant bound to serve his lord as a mounted soldier’ is not known to have ever given rise to the surname, although it is not out of the question that it may occasionally have been used as a nickname, perhaps for someone who played the part of an armed knight in a local pageant.

Irish: sometimes adopted for Gaelic Mac an Ridire ‘son of the knight’. See also McKnight .

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

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Story Highlight

Biography of William Henry Fairbanks; author unknown; from the personal records of Merrill Ray Carter

William Henry Fairbanks, son of David and [Susan] Fairbanks was born September 12, 1838 at Bergen County, New Jersey. Arrived at Nauvoo, Illinois two days after Joseph Smith was executed. The family …

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