Brief Life History of Laura Sarah
When Laura Sarah Cole was born on 4 August 1836, in Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States, her father, Barnet Cole Jr, was 40 and her mother, Phoebe Amanda Van Alstyne, was 33. She married Everett Lish in 1854, in Brigham City, Box Elder, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1850 and Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, United States in 1860. She died on 8 January 1864, in California, United States, at the age of 27.
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- Laura Lish in household of Everett Lish, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: Laura Sariah Cole - Individual or family possessions: birth: 4 August 1836; Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States
- Western States Marriage Record Index: Laura Sariah Cole
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Weber, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Weber, Utah, United States
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Name Meaning
English: usually from the Middle English and Old French personal name Col(e), Coll(e), Coul(e), a pet form of Nicol (see Nichol and Nicholas ), a common personal name from the mid 13th century onward. English families with this name migrated to Scotland and to Ulster (especially Fermanagh).
English: occasionally perhaps from a different (early) Middle English personal name Col, of native English or Scandinavian origin. Old English Cola was originally a nickname from Old English col ‘coal’ in the sense ‘coal-black (of hair), swarthy’ and is the probable source of most of the examples in Domesday Book. In the northern and eastern counties of England settled by Vikings in the 10th and 11th centuries, alternative sources are Old Norse Kolr and Koli (either from a nickname ‘the swarthy one’ or a short form of names in Kol-), and Old Norse Kollr (from a nickname, perhaps ‘the bald one’).
English: nickname for someone with swarthy skin or black hair, from Middle English col, coul(e) ‘charcoal, coal’ (Old English col).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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