Sarah Jane Brown

Brief Life History of Sarah Jane

When Sarah Jane Brown was born on 30 October 1851, in Gorton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Daniel Brown, was 40 and her mother, Margaret Southworth, was 40. She married Abraham Eckersall Redford on 18 November 1872, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Birchcreek, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900 and Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States in 1910. She died on 17 September 1939, in Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Heyburn, Minidoka, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Eckersall Redford
1849–1916
Sarah Jane Brown
1851–1939
Marriage: 18 November 1872
Rebecca Brown Redford
1874–1961
Abraham Brown Redford
1876–1908
John Brown Redford
1876–1964
Hiram Brown Redford
1878–1955
Aaron Daniel Brown Redford
1881–1962
Lawrence Brown Redford
1888–1973

Sources (19)

  • Sarah Jane Brown in household of Rebecca Brown, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Sarah J Redford, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1938-1961"
  • Sarah Jane Brown, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1856: Cache, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Cache, Utah, United States

1863

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

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish: generally a nickname referring to the color of the hair or complexion, Middle English br(o)un, from Old English brūn or Old French brun. This word is occasionally found in Old French, Middle English and Old Norse as a personal name or byname (Middle English personal name Brun, Broun, ancient Germanic Bruno, Old English Brūn, or possibly Old Norse Brúnn or Brúni). Brun- was also an ancient Germanic name-forming element. Some instances of Old English Brūn as a personal name may therefore be short forms of compound names such as Brūngar, Brūnwine, etc. As a Scottish and Irish name, it sometimes represents a translation of Gaelic Donn (see below). Brown (including in the senses below) is the fourth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans (see also 5 below).

Irish and Scottish: adopted for Ó Duinn (see Dunn ) or for any of the many Irish and Scottish Gaelic names containing the element donn ‘brown-haired’ (also meaning ‘chieftain’), for example Donahue .

Irish: phonetic Anglicization of Mac an Bhreitheamhnaigh; see Breheny .

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

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