Sarah Malin

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Malin was born on 10 January 1804, in West Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Elijah Malin Sr., was 29 and her mother, Catherine Essick, was 24. She married Brigham Young on 18 April 1848, in Florence, Douglas, Nebraska, United States. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839. She died on 20 March 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Brigham Young
1801–1877
Sarah Malin
1804–1858
Marriage: 18 April 1848

Sources (8)

  • Sarah Mellon Young, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Sarah Mellon Young, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
  • Sarah Malin Young, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English female personal name Malin, a diminutive of Mall or Mald (Maud). See Mall and compare Mallinson and Maude 2.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Male (a back-formation from Malka as if it contained the Slavic diminutive suffix -ke), with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from Malin, a place in Ukraine.

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

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