Brief Life History of Sarah Delight
When Sarah Delight Stocking was born on 26 July 1839, in Canton, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, John Jay Stocking, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Emeline Ensign, was 29. She married Wilford Woodruff on 31 July 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 28 May 1906, in Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (20)
- D Sarah Woodruff, "United States Census, 1900"
- U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Sarah D, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949" entry for Jeremiah Woodruff
Spouse and Children
Children (7)
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World Events (8)
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
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English stocking ‘ground cleared of stumps’ (Old English stoccing). The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on or near ground cleared of stumps, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Stocking Gate in South Kirkby (Yorkshire).
South German: habitational name from any of several places in Bavaria and Styria named Stocking.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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