Brief Life History of Sarah Frances
When Sarah Frances Sandy was born on 22 January 1876, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States, her father, William Isaiah Sandy, was 30 and her mother, Isabelle Francis Miller, was 27. She married Charles Wesley Ratliff on 22 September 1898, in Harrison, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Montague, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 1, Montague, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 17 June 1929, in Wichita, Texas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Briar Creek Cemetery, Bowie, Montague, Texas, United States.
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- Sarah F Sandy in household of William S Sandy, "United States Census, 1880"
- Sarah Frances Sandy, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Sarah Francis Ratliff, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1877 · The First Workers Strike
The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
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.
1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Sandy (Bedfordshire), from Old English sand ‘sand’ + ēg ‘island’, ‘dry land in a fen or marsh’.
English: ultimately from the Old Norse personal name Sand(i), a short form of the various compound names with the first element sandr ‘sand’, such as Sandúlfr (see Sandall ).
Scottish: from an abbreviated and suffixed pet form of Alexander ; compare Sandison .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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