Brief Life History of Septimus Wagstaff
When Septimus Wagstaff Sears was born on 8 March 1844, in Northill, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Sears, was 21 and his mother, Sarah Ann Wagstaff, was 19. He married Anna Cushing on 29 January 1866, in Mitford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. He lived in Farmers, Weld, Colorado, United States in 1903. He died on 7 April 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Septimas Sears in household of John Sears, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Septimus Sears, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Septimus W Sears, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1861
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Weld, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Weld, Colorado, United States
Name Meaning
Irish (Kerry): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Saoghair ‘son of Saoghar’, a borrowing in Anglo-Norman Ireland of the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Saher, Seier (Old French Seheri), from ancient Germanic Sigeheri, Sighari, composed of the elements sig‘victory’ + hari, heri ‘army’. See Sayer 5.
English: variant of Sayers .
Americanized form of French (or French Canadian) Cyr and French Saint-Cyr (see St. Cyr ), with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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