Sarah L Carr

Female20 November 1863–3 September 1955

Brief Life History of Sarah L

When Sarah L Carr was born on 20 November 1863, in Jeffersonville, Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States, her father, Elijah S Carr, was 42 and her mother, Orpha Hooker, was 35. She married Curtis L Lanum on 26 October 1887, in Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States for about 40 years. She died on 3 September 1955, in Fayette, Ohio, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Curtis L Lanum
1856–1905
Sarah L Carr
1863–1955
Marriage: 26 October 1887
Frank Coffman Lanum
1888–1966
Joseph Edmund Lanum
1891–1956

Sources (11)

  • Sarah Lanum in household of Frank Carr, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Sadie L. Carr, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • S. L. Carr in entry for F. C. Lanum, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    26 October 1887Jefferson Township, Fayette, Ohio, United States
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1865

    Age 2

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    1865 · The Assassination of a President

    Age 2

    "While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 27

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    Name Meaning

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.

    Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .

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

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