Hannibal Webster Flanders

Brief Life History of Hannibal Webster

When Hannibal Webster Flanders was born on 21 April 1822, in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Choate Flanders, was 29 and his mother, Apphia Coffin Flanders, was 28. He married Ann Elizabeth Ragon on 1 January 1857, in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 15 January 1906, in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Boscawen, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States.

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Hannibal Webster Flanders
1822–1906
Ann Elizabeth Ragon
1829–1917
Marriage: 1 January 1857
Leander Ragan Flanders
1857–
Annie Maria Flanders
1859–1942
Flanders
1861–1861
Edgar Hannibal Flanders
1864–1941

Sources (29)

  • Hannabal W Flanders in household of Saml C Flanders, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Hannibal Flanders, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
  • Hannibal W. Flanders, "New Hampshire Marriages, 1720-1920"

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1846

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Name Meaning

English: ethnic name from Middle English Fla(u)ndres ‘Flanders’, denoting someone from Flanders, a historical region covering parts of modern-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Compare Fleming .

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

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