Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Crooks was born on 20 June 1829, in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Crooks, was 27 and her mother, Mary Ann Smith, was 25. She married Thomas William Brewerton on 25 December 1850, in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1854. She died on 20 September 1890, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah A Brewington in household of Thos W Brewington, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sarah Ann Brewerton, "BillionGraves Index"
- Sarah in entry for Sarah Am Brewerton, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
habitational name from Crookes in Sheffield (Yorkshire), named with Old Norse krókr ‘hook, bend’.
variant of Crook , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English:
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Thomas William Brewerton
Thomas William Brewerton, born in 1825 in England, joined the Church and then served as a missionary there. He baptized Sarah Ann Crooks and later married her, and worked as a miller. Eventually the …
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