When Elizabeth Sarah Bagnall was born on 2 January 1841, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Cornelius Bagnall, was 37 and her mother, Elizabeth Sarah Whitear, was 27. She lived in Chelsea, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1860.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sacramento, California, United States
Hostilities between Modoc Indians and white settlers resulted in the Modoc War during 1872-1873. A Modoc band of nearly 200 people, led by Captain Jack Kintpuash, was fleeing a forced relocation to a reservation occupied by their enemies, the Klamaths. The band had returned to their former land on Lost River, which now had white settlers occupying the area. The conflict erupted on November 29, 1872, when 40 troops were sent to move the Modocs back to the reservation. An argument erupted and shots were fired. Several were killed and the Modocs fled to “The Stronghold,” a large, cavernous lava bed. The holdout went on for months with several clashes. On April 11, 1873, General Edward Richard Sprigg Canby and Reverend Eleazar Thomas were killed by the Modocs during a negotiation. The Modocs lacked resources and supplies and eventually surrendered on July 4. In total, 2 Modocs and 71 enlisted military men lost their lives.
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Bagnall or Bagnall in Alrewas, both in Staffordshire, named with the Old English personal name Badeca, Baduca (from a short form of various compound names with the first element beadu ‘battle’) + Old English halh ‘nook, recess’ (see Hale ) or holt ‘wood’ (see Holt ). In the 16th century the name was taken to Ireland, where it became established in Leinster.
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