Brief Life History of Sarah Jane
When Sarah Jane Lavender was born on 2 January 1852, in Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, George Lavender, was 34 and her mother, Mary Ann Coles, was 34. She married Levi Lincoln Wheeler on 30 November 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Plymouth, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880 and Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 24 August 1909, in Poplar, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Ririe Shelton Cemetery, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.
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- Sarah Jane Wheeler in household of Levi Wheeler, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah Jane Lavender Wheeler, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ssra Jane Lavender in entry for Milo Andrew Wheeler, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1868 · Impeach the President!
Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a washerman or launderer, Old French lavendier (from Late Latin lavandarius, an agent derivative of lavanda ‘washing, things to be washed’). The term was applied especially to a worker in the wool industry who washed the raw wool or rinsed the cloth after fulling. There is no evidence for any direct connection with the word for the plant (Middle English, Old French lavendre). However, the etymology of the plant name is obscure; it may have been named in ancient times with reference to the use of lavender oil for cleaning or of the dried heads of lavender in perfuming freshly washed clothes.
In some cases possibly also Walloon and Flemish: variant of French Lavandier , a cognate of 1 above, or perhaps a nickname from Dutch lavender ‘lavender’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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