Dinah Hallam

7 October 1829–25 June 1886 (Age 56)
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Dinah

When Dinah Hallam was born on 7 October 1829, in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Hallam (2), was 42 and her mother, Ann Wood, was 37. She married John Meads on 21 January 1849, in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom for about 20 years. She died on 25 June 1886, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Meads
1827–1918
Dinah Hallam
1829–1886
Marriage: 21 January 1849
Hannah Meads
1847–1930
Eliza Meads
1849–1880
Job Meads
1852–1911
Dinah Meads
1853–1944

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 January 1849Calverton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
    • Children

    (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (14)

    +9 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830
    Age 1
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
    1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
    Age 4
    In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot. 
    1846
    Age 17
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English (North Midlands): habitational name from Halam (Nottinghamshire) or from Kirk or West Hallam (Derbyshire), all named with the Old English dative plural halum ‘(at the) nooks or corners of land’ (from Old English halh ‘nook, recess’; see Hale 1). The name may also be derived from Hallam in Sheffield (Yorkshire), sometimes called Hallamshire, named from Old English hallum ‘(at the) rocks’, the dative plural of Old English hall ‘stone, rock’, Old Norse hallr.English: possibly a variant of Allam with prosthetic H-.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Hale
    Hullum
    Hallum
    Hampshire
    Hallums
    Allam
    Allum

    Sources (22)

    • Dinnah Hallam in household of John Hallam, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
    • Dinah in entry for Joseph Bilbruck and Hannah Meads, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
    • Dinah Meads, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"

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