Sarah Ann Connery

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Connery was born on 16 October 1819, in Blaris, Blaris, County Antrim, Ireland, her father, Samuel Connery, was 25 and her mother, Alice Bradshaw, was 25. She married Samuel Bryson on 16 May 1839, in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Bridgeton, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 21 March 1871, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Bryson
1815–1908
Sarah Ann Connery
1819–1871
Marriage: 16 May 1839
Thomas Henry Bryson
1841–1841
Margaret Bryson
1843–1843
Samuel Bryson Jr
1845–1919
Jane Bryson
1848–1854
Sarah Ann Bryson
1850–1934
Hyrum Smith Bryson
1852–1905
Eliza Snow Bryson
1854–1933
David Cowan Bryson
1856–1874
James Bryson
1858–1950
John Dunlap Bryson
1861–1919
Alice Bradshaw Bryson
1861–1947
Mary Bryson
1862–

Sources (45)

  • Sarah Bryson in household of Samuel Bryson, "Scotland Census, 1851"
  • Conquerors of the West: Stalwart Mormon Pioneers, Vols. 1-2 with birth and parents, husband and children. An excellent source.
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937

World Events (8)

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1820 · """The """"Radical War""""."""

The Scottish Insurrection was a week of strikes and unrest with demands for reform in the United Kingdom and Ireland. The economic downturn after the Napoleonic war ended, brought increasing unrest with the Artisan workers in Scotland, seeking action to reform the government. But the insurrection was largely forgotten about, as attention was focused on the better publicized Radical events in England.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Cian, Seumas.

Irish (Waterford): from Ó Conaire ‘descendant of Conaire’, a byname meaning ‘keeper of the hound’ (a derivative of ‘hound’). The name has been confused with Conroy .

English: variant of Conroy 3.

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

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Samuel Bryson History

Samuel Bryson was my great grandfather, he was born 15 August 1815 in Banbridge, County of Down, Ireland. His father was John Bryson also of Banbridge, Ireland. His Mother was Margaret Cowan also of …

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