Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Orchard was born on 5 February 1840, in Bulkington, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, James Orchard, was 41 and her mother, Susannah Harding, was 31. She had at least 7 sons and 4 daughters with George William Kelsey. She lived in Rush Lake, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 19 July 1923, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah A Orchard in household of George E Sloper, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Sarah Ann Orchard in 1840 England & Wales Births 1837-2006
- Sarah Ann Kelsey, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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World Events (8)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
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
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
topographic or occupational name from residence near (or perhaps employment at) an orchard, Middle English orchard (Old English ortgeard, orceard).
habitational name from any of the places called Orchard. Those in Devon and Somerset are named from Old English ortgeard, orceard (a compound of wort, wyrt ‘plant’ (later associated with Latin hortus ‘garden’) + geard ‘yard, enclosure’), while East and West Orchard near Shaftesbury in Dorset derive from Primitive Welsh ar ‘beside, in front of, facing’ + ced ‘wood’.
rare variant of Scottish Urquhart . Compare Orahood .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sarah Ann Orchard biography written by Samuel Ercell Holt, Jr.
George William Kelsey Born: 1 May 1838 in St. Omer, Indiana Died: 2 December 1907 in Salt Lake City, Utah Father: Eli Brazee Kelsey Mother: Letitia Sheets Kelsey Married: October 1859 to Sarah Ann O …
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