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.
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.
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