When Sarah Ann Sewell was born on 4 February 1858, in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Barnard Sewell, was 38 and her mother, Emily Ellett, was 41. She married John Batiste Trimble on 11 June 1876, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Wilson, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880 and Marriott-Slaterville, Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 3 November 1937, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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from the Middle English personal name Siwal(d), Sewal(d), Old English Sigeweald, from sige ‘victory’ + weald ‘rule(r)’, or the corresponding Old Norse Sigvaldr. This name later became thoroughly confused with Sewal(d), from Old English Sǣweald (see Sewall ).
habitational name from one or more places, such as Sewell (Bedfordshire), Seawell (Northamptonshire), Sywell (Northamptonshire), Showell in Steeple Barton (Oxfordshire), Showell in Little Tew (Oxfordshire), or Sowell in Kentisbeare (Devon), all meaning ‘seven springs’ (Old English seofon + wella). Compare Seawell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesSarah Ann Sewell was born on February 4, 1858 to Joseph Barnard Sewell and Emily Ellett in Norfolk, England. The family traveled with the Job Pingree Company with a wagon starting on June 7th, 1861. …
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