When Isabella Hann was born about 1795, in Beaminster, Dorset, England, her father, John Hann, was 17 and her mother, Mrs. Hann, was 12. She married Joseph Halsey on 25 July 1815, in Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in St Thomas' Church, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died in April 1870, in Beaminster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 76.
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German and Dutch: from a shortened pet form of the personal name Johann (see John ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Hann, commonly a pet form of Henry (Middle English Hanry). Hann could also be a rhyming pet form of Randolph (Middle English Randal, shortened to Ran or Rand). Han was also a pet form of Joh(a)n in Middle Dutch, and it is possible that this usage was brought to England by Flemings after the Norman Conquest, but no evidence has yet been found that it was similarly used in Middle English. See Henry and Randall , and compare Hankin , Hancock , and Hanks .
English: variant of Ann with prosthetic H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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