Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Tanner was born on 2 February 1719, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, John Tanner, was 25 and his mother, Jane Shelley, was 25. He married Joanna Lewis Tanner on 27 February 1738, in East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died on 14 April 1752, in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 33.
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- Joseph Tanner, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Joseph Tanner, "Rhode Island, Marriages, 1724-1916"
- Joseph Tanner in entry for Joseph Tanner, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
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English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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