Sarah Urinda Rawson

Brief Life History of Sarah Urinda

When Sarah Urinda Rawson was born on 8 February 1844, in Lima, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Horace Strong Rawson, was 44 and her mother, Elizabeth Coffin, was 36. She married Orville Rensselaer Child on 3 February 1859, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Fairview, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1910 and Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States in 1920. She died on 7 January 1923, in Burley, Cassia, Idaho, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orville Rensselaer Child
1837–1897
Sarah Urinda Rawson
1844–1923
Marriage: 3 February 1859
Orville Rensselaer Child Jr.
1860–1943
Sarah Annie Child
1861–1948
William Alfred Child
1864–1922
Polly Erminnie Child
1866–1946
Elizabeth Child
1868–1871
Mary Eliza Child
1872–1941
Hannah Luella Child
1874–1963
Ida Luetta Child
1877–1953
Edward Rawson Child
1880–1903
Chloe Urinda Child
1882–1935
Horace Ezra Child
1884–1956
John Elmer Child
1888–1888
Elva Pearl Child
1890–1957

Sources (55)

  • Sarah A Childs in household of Orvil Childs, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Sara Urinda Rawson - birth: 8 February 1844;
  • Sarrah U. Child, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1864

Historical Boundaries: 1864: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic meaning ‘son of Rauf or Rau’, Middle English forms of Ralph (see Rawe 3).

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

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Story Highlight

THE LIFE STORY OF SARAH URINDA RAWSON CHILD compiled and written by Fern R. Morgan, granddaughter

Sarah Urinda Rawson was a daughter of Horace Strong Rawson and Elizabeth Coffin Rawson. She was born in Lima, Hancock County, Illinois, February 8, 1844, during the time her family was being drive …

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