Emma Sykes

Brief Life History of Emma

When Emma Sykes was born on 4 May 1843, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Benjamin Sykes, was 38 and her mother, Ann Field, was 40. She married Thomas Barratt on 7 March 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States for about 20 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 26 February 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Barratt
1830–1906
Emma Sykes
1843–1927
Marriage: 7 March 1863
Emma Barratt
1863–1930
Benjamin Barratt
1864–1927
Zilpha Barratt
1866–1961
Alma Barratt
1868–1899
Stephen Sykes Barratt
1871–1927
Elizabeth Barratt
1873–1961
Hannah Barratt
1875–1966

Sources (22)

  • Emma Barrett, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Emma Sykes Barratt, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Emma Sykes in entry for Alma Barratt, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

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

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): topographic name for someone who lived near a small watercourse, especially one flowing through flat or marshy ground, or near a gully, dip, or hollow, from Middle English sik(e) ‘stream, ditch’ (Old Norse sík). Early and later examples of the surname occur in alternate singular and plural forms. It is the plural or -s form that has become the general usage as a surname, perhaps reinforced by the common practice in the post-medieval period of adding excrescent -s to topographic surnames with an original singular form. By the 16th century the name had spread by migration into the North Midlands. Elsewhere, only Norfolk seems to have produced this name independently, but its survival into the present day is uncertain. Compare Sitch , which once flourished in the West Midlands, and derives from an equivalent word, Middle English sich, of Old English origin.

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

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