Sarah Melissa Barney

Brief Life History of Sarah Melissa

When Sarah Melissa Barney was born on 30 March 1834, in Amherst, Lorain, Ohio, United States, her father, Royal Barney Jr., was 25 and her mother, Sarah Bowen Estabrook, was 22. She married Nymphas Coridon Murdock on 30 October 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Wallsburg, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1900 and Charleston, Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 22 May 1911, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nymphas Coridon Murdock
1833–1917
Sarah Melissa Barney
1834–1911
Marriage: 30 October 1852
Nymphas Coridon Murdock Jr
1854–1863
Sarah Melissa Murdock
1856–1863
Joseph Royal Murdock
1858–1931
Betsey Emeline Murdock
1860–1864

Sources (39)

  • Copy of Royal Barney, "United States Census, 1840"
  • Sarah Malissa Barney Murdock, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Sarah Malissa in entry for Joseph Royal Barney Murdock, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1856

Historical Boundaries: 1856: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1862: Wasatch, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Wasatch, Utah, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Barney in Norfolk, which is probably named with an Old English personal name Bera (with genitive -n) + Old English ēg ‘island, dry ground in a marsh’.

English: from the personal name Barney, a pet form of Bernard .

Scottish: possibly from the Old Norse personal name Bjarni (from bjǫrn ‘bear’).

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

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