Brief Life History of Sarah
Sarah Stevens was born in 1807, in Falmer, Sussex, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Richard Stevens. She married James Eager about 1830. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ditchling, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Westmeston, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 26 July 1866, in United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in United States.
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- Sarah Eager in household of James Eager, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Legacy NFS Source: Sarah Stephens - Company record: birth:
- Sarah Eager, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1823
Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.
Name Meaning
English (London), Flemish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Steven . The surname of Flemish origin is also found in the Walloon part of Belgium. In North America, the English form of the surname has also absorbed some like-sounding Jewish names and various other European cognates, e.g. Greek Stefanidis , Serbian Stevanović (see Stevanovic ), Slovenian and Slovak Štefanič (see Stefanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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