Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson was born on 11 May 1845, in Clayton, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Wilkerson, was 48 and her mother, Eliza Followell, was 38. She married Freeman Everton Tanner on 10 May 1861, in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 4 January 1895, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Freeman Everton Tanner
1830–1918
Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson
1845–1895
Marriage: 10 May 1861
Eliza Elizabeth Tanner
1863–1927

Sources (12)

  • Elisabeth Wilkinson in household of Thomas Wilkinson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Sarah Elizabeth Wilkerson Tanner, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Wilkinson, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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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.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English (East Anglia and South East Midlands): from Middle English Wilkeson, a shortened form of Wilkinson , ‘son of Wilkin or young William’. The -r- is intrusive.

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

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