Sarah Vallum Hunsaker

Brief Life History of Sarah Vallum

When Sarah Vallum Hunsaker was born on 31 August 1842, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Abraham Hunsaker Sr., was 29 and her mother, Eliza Collins, was 25. She married Robert Trimmer on 1 June 1856, in Genoa, Carson, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 11 daughters. She lived in Alpine, California, United States in 1900. She died on 11 August 1927, in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Trimmer
1836–1932
Sarah Vallum Hunsaker
1842–1927
Marriage: 1 June 1856
Eliza Anna Trimmer
1857–1858
Edward Thomas Trimmer
1859–1941
Sarah Elizabeth Trimmer
1861–1894
Robert Allen Trimmer
1862–1955
Mary Jane Trimmer
1864–1864
Emma Moriah Trimmer
1865–1943
Anna N Trimmer
1867–1951
Etta Morilda Trimmer
1869–1870
Josephine Lillian Trimmer
1871–1952
Harriet Merrietta Trimmer
1873–1965
Henrietta Collins Trimmer
1877–1970
Frances Ellen Trimmer
1881–1976
Ivy Roselle Trimmer
1883–1969

Sources (16)

  • Sarah Trimmer in household of Robert Trimmer, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sarah Hunsaker Trimmer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Sarah Hunsaker in entry for Anna Trimmer, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

1845 · Oh My Father

"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."

1846

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

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Hunziker or of its German altered form Hunsicker . Compare Honsaker and Hunsucker .

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

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Sarah Hunsaker Trimmer (31 August 1842 – 11 August 1927)

Daughter of Abraham Hunsaker and Eliza Collins Married Robert Trimmer, 1 Jun 1856, Utah Children - Frances Ellen Trimmer, Emma Moriah Trimmer, Mary Jane Trimmer, Harriet Merrietta Trimmer, Josephine …

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