When Warren Leroy Sirrine Sr. was born on 23 December 1855, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, his father, George Warren Sirrine, was 37 and his mother, Esther Ann Crismon, was 19. He married Serretta Ann Daley on 18 January 1877, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 7 March 1943, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Maricopa, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Maricopa, Arizona, United States
George W. Sirrine, Charles I. Robson, Charles Crismon, and Francis M. Pomeroy broke ahead of the Mesa Company to determine the permanent location for the new settlers. They arrived to Ft. Utah in Arizona on December 1877. The remainder of the nine families of the Mesa Company arrived on February 14, 1878. The company moved five miles upstream to utilize an ancient canal. The townsite was known as Mesa City.
Altered form of a Flemish surname:
reportedly Seroen, a variant of Serroyen, composed of ser (from des ‘of the’ and Heer ‘sir, lord’) and a patronymic from the personal name Odo (see Otto , compare Oden ) or Royer (from an ancient Germanic name based on the element hrōth ‘renown’).
alternatively Serreyn or Serrien, which is from a regional (Antwerp) form of the personal name Joris, an equivalent of George . Compare Searing , Serene , Surine , and Syron .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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