Brief Life History of Jabez
When Jabez Auger was born on 7 August 1835, in Saffron Walden, Essex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Auger, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Ann Jeffrey, was 29. He married Sarah Ann Cosgrove on 1 January 1856, in Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 23 November 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jabez Augur in household of Ann Augur, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Jabez Augar, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Andre, Gaston, Lucien, Marcel, Mederic, Normand, Raoul, Cecile, Emile, Fernand, Gaetan.
French: from the Old French personal name Auger, which can be from ancient Germanic Adalgari, composed of the elements adal ‘noble’ + gaira- ‘lance, spear’, or Albgari, with the first element alb ‘elf’. Compare Auge , Oge , Ogea , and Osier .
English: variant of Alger .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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