Brief Life History of Sarah
When Sarah Whitley was born on 12 June 1838, in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Whitley, was 31 and her mother, Sophia Adams of Hanborough, was 30. She married Mark Barnes about 1863, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 13 December 1868, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Whitley in household of William Whitley, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- England, Oxford, Oxfordshire, Civil Birth Records
- Sarah W Barnes, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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World Events (6)
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Whitley (in Yorkshire, Cheshire, Northumberland, Wiltshire, Warwickshire), Whiteley, or Whitleigh (in Berkshire). The placename is common, generally with the meaning ‘white clearing’ (Old English hwīt ‘white’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’), or occasionally ‘wheat clearing’ (Old English hwǣte + lēah). According to Redmonds, the Yorkshire surname originated in a locality in the Elland area, perhaps White Lee in Scammonden or White Lee in Mytholmroyd.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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