Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Priest was born on 5 February 1838, in Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel Priest, was 28 and her mother, Catharine Hess, was 22. She married Frederick Krotser on 11 September 1863, in Winnebago, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wall Lake Township, Wright, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Woodland Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1900. She died on 10 December 1909, in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Woodland, Yolo, California, United States.
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- Hannah Krotzer in household of Frederich Krotzer, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hannah Priest, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Hannah Krotser, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1846
Find a Grave Memorials shows that the earliest burial in this cemetery was in 1846: Ruth A Hall BIRTH Feb 1845 DEATH 15 Aug 1846 BURIAL Woodland Cemetery
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): nickname from Middle English pr(i)est ‘minister of the Church’ (Old English prēost, from Latin presbyter, Greek presbyteros ‘elder, counselor’, comparative of presbys ‘old man’). It may have denoted someone with a pious manner or possibly for someone who had played the part of a priest in a pageant. It may occasionally have been used to denote someone suspected of being the son of a priest but evidence for this is lacking.
History: A John Priest is recorded as being in Woburn, MA, as early as 1675. The Mayflower Pilgrim Digory Priest of the Netherlands died the first winter at Plymouth in 1620, leaving behind a widow who remarried and two daughters, who did not pass on the surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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