Sarah Maria Sayles

Brief Life History of Sarah Maria

When Sarah Maria Sayles was born on 10 May 1808, in Townsend Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, her father, Thomas Sayles I, was 30 and her mother, Bethia Lane, was 27. She married Hiram Gates on 5 April 1827, in Townsend Township, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 18 August 1849, in Salt Lake Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Hiram Gates
1802–1850
Sarah Maria Sayles
1808–1849
Marriage: 5 April 1827
Harriet Mariah Gates
1826–1892
Charles Henry Gates
1828–1863
Mary Gates
1830–1852
Thomas Gates
1833–1896
Solomon Eli Gates
1835–1922
Joseph Gates
1838–1845

Sources (31)

  • Legacy NFS Source: SARAH MARIA SAYLES - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Sarah Maria Sayles
  • Mary S M Gates, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Mary S M Gates, "Utah, Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1818

Illinois is the 21st state.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): variant of Sales .

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

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CHARLES HENRY GATES

CHARLES HENRY GATES, son of Hiram Gates, and Sarah Maria Sayles was born 12 March 1828 in London District, Upper Canada. Henry was the second child and first son born to this union. Hiram Gates, …

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