Brief Life History of Sarah Rees
When Sarah Rees Leigh was born on 24 November 1806, in Llangennech, Carmarthenshire, Wales, her father, Daniel Leigh, was 30 and her mother, Mary Rees, was 28. She married Walter Walters on 25 January 1828, in Llanedy, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 29 May 1892, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Walter in household of Walter Walter, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Sarah Daniel, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
- Sarah Leigh and Walter Walters marriage, "Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places (in at least sixteen counties, but especially Leigh in Lancashire) named either with the nominative case of Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’ (see Lee ) or with lēage, a late dative form of this word (see Lye ).
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 李, based on its Cantonese pronunciation. See Li 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sarah Leigh
This was found in my grandmother, Hannah Melinda Wright Taylor's genealogy papers. Retyped as written Sarah Leigh was born November 24, 1806 in Llangermech, Carmenthenshire, Wales, daughter of Daniel …
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