Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen
When Sarah Ellen McFerson was born on 20 October 1846, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Dimon Runnels McFerson, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Nease, was 22. She married Peter Edmund Van Orden Sr. on 10 October 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1860 and Kaysville, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 20 July 1912, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Lewiston City Cemetery, Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Mcferson in household of Diamond Mcferson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Ellen McFerson - birth: estimated 1849; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
- Montana, Select Marriages, 1889-1947
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1849
Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
Irish (northern): variant of McFerrin .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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