Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Barnum was born in January 1848, in Winter Quarters, Washington, Nebraska, United States, her father, Charles Davids Barnum, was 47 and her mother, Nancy Kittle, was 26. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850.
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Sources (2)
- Sarah Ann Barnum in household of Charles D Barnum, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sarah Ann Barnum, "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868"
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World Events (8)
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
Altered form of English Barnham: habitational name from any of the places called Barnham in Suffolk and West Sussex, or Barnham Broom in Norfolk, all of which were named with the male personal name Beorn or Beorna + Old English hām ‘homestead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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