Sarah Kay

Femaleabout 1803–about September 1877

Brief Life History of Sarah

Sarah Kay was born about 1803, in Dalton by Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Thomas Avill about June 1844, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Dalton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Thrybergh, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died about September 1877, in Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Avill
1800–1872
Sarah Kay
1803–1877
Marriage: about June 1844
Martha Avill
1846–1929

Sources (6)

  • Sarah Avil in household of Thomas Avil, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
  • FreeBMD - Search. Marriage for Thomas Arvill and Sarah Kay
  • FreeBMD - Search. Death for Sarah Avill

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about June 1844Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

    • Children (1)

    World Events (7)

    1815

    Age 12

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

    Age 18

    The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.

    1823

    Age 20

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    Name Meaning

    English: nickname from northern Middle English ka, kae, kay ‘jackdaw’, from Old Norse ká or Old English cā. See also Daw .

    English: nickname from Middle English cai, kay, kei ‘left-handed, clumsy’.

    English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name from Middle English kai(e), kei(e) ‘key’, applied to a maker of keys (compare Kear ), or alluding to the office of keeper or bearer of keys, but clear evidence for this is wanting.

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

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