Brief Life History of Sarah Platte
When Sarah Platte Neel was born on 18 July 1855, in Atchison, Kansas, United States, her father, John Neel Jr, was 44 and her mother, Clemency Litten Casper, was 38. She died on 12 August 1855, in Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 0, and was buried in Peoa Cemetery, Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Platte Neel, "Find a Grave Index"
- Sarah Platte Neel, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
- Sarah Platte Neel, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English (Jersey and Yorkshire): of Norman origin, a variant of Neal 1 and 2.
French (Néel; Normandy): from the Old French personal name Neel, derived either from the Latin name Nigellus (a diminutive of Latin niger ‘black’; compare 3 below), or from the Old Norse name Njáll (see Neal 1), hence a cognate of 1 above. Compare Nel 1.
French: from Old French nëel ‘black email’ (from Latin nigellus ‘black’), hence a metonymic occupational name for a jeweler.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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