Sarah Martha Fawley

Brief Life History of Sarah Martha

When Sarah Martha Fawley was born on 20 January 1884, in Criders, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, her father, George Jackson Fawley, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Sallie Margaret Turner, was 22. She married Charles Edward Fulk on 25 December 1902, in Carters Store, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Rockingham, Virginia, United States in 1920 and Plains District, Rockingham, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died on 8 October 1962, in Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mountain Grove Church Of The Brethren Cemetery, Fulks Run, Rockingham, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Edward Fulk
1869–1942
Sarah Martha Fawley
1884–1962
Marriage: 25 December 1902
Edith Emma Fulk
1903–2001
Herman Joshua Fulk
1905–1985
Georgia G Fulk
1909–2007
Benjamin Emerson Fulk
1911–1982
Ernest Clifton Fulk
1913–1981
Edward Fawley Fulk
1916–1982
Forest Lee Fulk
1918–2022
Neva Navourne Fulk Melhorne
1924–1921

Sources (36)

  • Sarah M Fulk in household of Charley E Fulk, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Sarah Fawley, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • Sarah Martha Fulk, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of various places called Fawley, in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Herefordshire and Hampshire. These are probably so named from Old English fealu ‘fallow (color)’ or fealh ‘plowed land’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

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

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