Brief Life History of Sarah Ann
When Sarah Ann Ashcroft was born on 25 June 1845, in Illinois, United States, her father, John Ashcroft, was 31 and her mother, Ann Jenkins, was 24. She married John Baldwin on 17 August 1861, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1880. She died on 21 May 1911, in Corona, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Sarah Ann Ashcroft in household of John Ashcroft, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ashcraft, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Sarah Ann Ashcroft Baldwin, "Find A Grave Index"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized
Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Agecroft in Pendlebury, Lancashire. It could also be a topographic name from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ + croft ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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