Sarah Ann Cosgrove

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Cosgrove was born on 14 December 1831, in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Matthew Cosgrove, was 39 and her mother, Margaret Dutton, was 38. She married John Wood on 26 August 1849, in Sutton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1866 and lived in Croydon, Morgan, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 25 July 1900, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Glendale, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jabez Auger
1835–1868
Sarah Ann Cosgrove
1831–1900
Marriage: 1 January 1856
Charles Auger
1857–1857
Elizabeth Auger
1858–1862
Henry Auger
1860–1861
Rosa Ann Auger
1861–1861
Samuel Auger
1861–1861
Henry Daniel Auger
1863–1931
Lorenzo Auger
1865–1865
Rosa Jabezina Auger
1866–1900

Sources (41)

  • Sarah Wood in household of Margret Cosgrave, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Cosgrove in Northamptonshire, named with an Old English personal name Cōf + Old English grāf ‘grove, thicket’.

Irish (Fermanagh; Armagh): adopted for Ó Coscraigh ‘descendant of Coscrach’ or Mac Coscraigh ‘son of Coscrach’, a byname meaning ‘victorious, triumphant’, from coscur ‘victory, triumph’.

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

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