Hannah Felt

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Felt was born on 26 February 1808, in Pike, Wyoming, New York, United States, her father, Nathan Felt, was 32 and her mother, Felt, was 24. She married Stephen Wight on 23 November 1823, in Centerville, Allegany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Alabama, Genesee, New York, United States in 1850 and Pembroke, Genesee, New York, United States in 1860. She died in Jefferson, Greene, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Wight
1793–1874
Hannah Felt
1808–
Marriage: 23 November 1823
William Wight
1824–
Samuel Wight
1826–1903
Caleb Wight
1828–1892
Ruth Wight
1829–1886
Lovina Wight
1831–1917
Cynthia Wight
1833–
Pollonia Wight
1835–1900
Nathan Wight
1837–1837
Clarissa Wight
1838–
Charlotte Wight
1841–1884
Esther Wight
1843–
John Wight
1845–
Urania Wight
1847–1875

Sources (3)

  • Hanah Whtie in household of Stephn Whtie, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Felt - birth: about 1793; Massachusetts, United States
  • Hannah Wight in household of Stephen Wight, "United States Census, 1850"

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World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1812

Established in 1812.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: metonymic occupational name for someone who made, worked with, sold, or perhaps wore felt, from Middle English felt ‘felt’. Compare Felter .

German: rare variant of Feld ‘field, area of open country’, or an Americanized form of its cognate Velt.

Swedish: rare variant of Feldt , a cognate of 2 above, and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this.

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

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