Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Bailey was born on 7 January 1787, in Mordiford, Herefordshire, England, her father, John Bailey, was 26 and her mother, Hannah Fluck, was 21. She married John Powell Gibbs on 10 September 1811, in Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Lugwardine, Herefordshire, England in 1841 and Weber, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 7 November 1863, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Brigham City Cemetery, Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Gibbs in household of John Gibbs, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Sarah Bailey, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Sarah Bailey, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
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1788 · The First Presidential Election
The First Presidential election was held in the newly created United States of America. Under the Articles of Confederation, the executive branch of the country was not set up for an individual to help lead the nation. So, under the United States Constitution they position was put in. Because of his prominent roles during the Revolutionary War, George Washington was voted in unanimously as the First President of the United States.
1789
George Washington elected first president of United States.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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