When Sarah Susannah Blackburn was born on 18 April 1859, in Clayton Le Woods, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Blackburn, was 31 and her mother, Sarah Susannah Lamb, was 31. She married George Briggs Sr. on 4 December 1878, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Archer, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Logan, Cache, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 20 October 1930, in Archer, Madison, Idaho, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Sutton Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of various places called Blackburn, but especially the one in Lancashire, so named with Old English blæc ‘dark’ + burna ‘stream’. This surname is found mainly in northern England.
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Possible Related NamesHistory of George Briggs and wife, Sarah S. Blackburn Briggs Written and Prepared by Their Family. In beginning this history of George and Sarah S. Briggs I must make a few statements regarding h …
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