Rebecca J Clifton

Brief Life History of Rebecca J

When Rebecca J Clifton was born on 4 August 1840, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Clifton, was 35 and her mother, Mary Matilda BLANCHARD, was 28. She married James W. CULL in 1870. She immigrated to United States in 1845 and lived in Shoreditch St Leonard, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Washington Township, Buchanan, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 22 July 1916, in Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Green Cemetery, Country Club Village, Andrew, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William E. Sage
1834–1913
Rebecca J Clifton
1840–1916
Marriage: 4 March 1895
George Sage
1892–
Lucy Sage
1894–

Sources (22)

  • Rebecca Clifton in household of Robt Clifton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Rebecca Clifton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Rebecca J Cull, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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World Events (8)

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.

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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