Sarah Catherine Long

Brief Life History of Sarah Catherine

When Sarah Catherine Long was born in July 1840, in New York, United States, her father, James P Long, was 28 and her mother, Catharine Low, was 23. She married Peter Fritcher on 3 October 1860, in Mitchell, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States for about 5 years and Rock Township, Mitchell, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died in 1921, at the age of 81, and was buried in Osage Cemetery, Osage, Mitchell, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Fritcher
1833–1920
Sarah Catherine Long
1840–1921
Marriage: 3 October 1860
Ella M Fritcher
1861–1948
Lillie Bell Fritcher
1872–1885
John Webster Fritcher
1873–1939

Sources (18)

  • Sarah Fitcher in household of Peter Fitcher, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah C. Lony, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Sarah Catherine Long Fritcher, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Mitchell, Iowa, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English and French: nickname for a tall person, from Old English lang, long, Old French long ‘long, tall’ (equivalent to Latin longus). Compare Dulong and Lelong .

Irish (Ulster and Munster): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Longáin (see Langan ).

German: variant of Lang ‘long’ and, in North America, also an altered form (translation into English) of this.

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

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