Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Fotheringham was born on 26 October 1830, in Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Fotheringham, was 40 and her mother, Charlotte Gentle, was 41. She married James Woolen Stevens on 7 July 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 18 March 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Fotheringham in household of John Fotheringham, "Scotland Census, 1841"
- Sarah Fotheringham Stevens, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sarah Stevens, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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World Events (8)
1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1832 · The Scottish Reform Act
The Scottish Reform Act was introduced by Parliament that introduced changes to the election laws in Scotland. The Act didn’t change the method of how the counties elected members but adopted a different solution for each pair of counties. Ultimately, it brought about boundary changes so that some burghs would have more say for the country than others.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Fotheringham near Forfar, a place which takes its name from a corruption of the name of a family who migrated to Angus from Fotheringhay in Northamptonshire, which was held in the 12th century by the royal family of Scotland as part of the honor of Huntingdon. The Northamptonshire place appears in Domesday Book as Fodringeia, probably from Old English fōdring ‘grazing’ (a derivative of fōdor ‘fodder’) + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. In the case of the Scottish place, the final element was replaced by -hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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