When Sarah Masterson was born on 15 July 1798, in Diss, Norfolk, England, her father, James Masterson, was 39 and her mother, Sarah, was 35. She married Walter Robert Joy on 14 October 1833, in Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 13 May 1881, in Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Grouse Creek Cemetery, Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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English: from Middle English maister ‘master’ + -son. Compare Master .
Irish: in Ireland, this is usually the English name in 1 above. However, it was also adopted for Irish Mac an Mháighistir ‘son of the master’, also Anglicized as McMaster .
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