Louisa Gann

about 1844–
Tennessee, United States

The Life of Louisa

When Louisa Gann was born about 1844, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James Gann, was 28 and her mother, Mary Sarah Penney, was 17. She married John Hinton in 1860, in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Red Bank, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1860.

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Family Time Line

John Hinton
1838–
Louisa Gann
1844–
Marriage: 1860
Mary E. Hinton
1866–

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1860
Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States
children

(1)

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(16)

    John Isom Gann

    Male1839–Male

    Anderson Gann

    Male1840–1924Male

    John Henry Gann

    Male1842–Male

    Louisa Gann

    Female1844–Female

    Margaret Gann

    Female1844–Female

+11 More Children

World Events (8)

1846

Age 2

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846

Age 2

Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 31

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

1 Irish: reduced form of McGann .2 German: from the personal name Gano, or, in Austria, a short form of Candidus, a personal name from Latin candidus ‘bright’, ‘white’, ‘clear’, ‘beautiful’ ( see Kann ).3 German: topographic name for someone who lived near an expanse of scree, Middle High German gant.

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

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Sources (1)

  • Luiza Gann in household of James Gann, "United States Census, 1850"

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