Brief Life History of Sarah Eliza
When Sarah Eliza Aldridge was born on 2 September 1854, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Daniel Aldridge, was 31 and her mother, Jane or Ann Rolfe, was 19. She married John Christian Riddle on 11 January 1873, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 13 April 1925, in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Sarah Clorman, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sarah E Riddle, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Sarah E Riddle, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
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World Events (8)
1855 · London's First Pillar Box
The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.
about 1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal names Alrich or Elrich and Aldrich or Eldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’.
habitational name from Aldridge (Staffordshire), Aldridge Grove in Hampden (Buckinghamshire), or from a similarly named unidentified place in the West Midlands, recorded in Domesday Book as Alrewic, from Old English alor ‘alder’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sarah Eliza Aldridge Riddle
(Taken from letters written in 1963 and 1964 by her daughter Kathryn Riddle Thompson to Edna C. Riddle, Kathryn’s sister-in-law, and other sources.) “Mother was born in London proper, not a subur …
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