When Sarah Gurr was born on 22 November 1844, in Bringelly, New South Wales, Australia, her father, Enoch Eldridge Gurr, was 30 and her mother, Ruth Buckman, was 35. She married William Madison Wall on 17 December 1864, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1857 and lived in Benjamin, Utah, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Rupert, Minidoka, Idaho, United States for about 4 years. She died on 24 December 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.
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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
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German: derisive nickname for a useless person or a wicked woman, from Middle High German gurre ‘bad mare’.
English (Kent and Middlesex): variant of Gower or Gore .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesCopied from: William Madison Wall (His Life and his Family) by Garth D. Mecham Book in possession of Barbara Day History of Sarah Wall by Ruth Stewart Wall- Granddaughter My grandmother, Sarah …
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