Elizabeth Ann Hawkins

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Hawkins was born on 9 March 1842, in Western, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, Benjamin Hawkins, was 39 and her mother, Mary Ann Charlotte Dana, was 26. She married Wesley Seth Trescott on 8 September 1861, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1839 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 11 February 1864, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wesley Seth Trescott
1827–1905
Elizabeth Ann Hawkins
1842–1864
Marriage: 8 September 1861
Elizabeth Ann Trescott
1864–1935

Sources (8)

  • Eliza A Gibbs in household of William Gibbs, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Eliza Ann Trescott, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Eliza Ann Prescott, "Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001"

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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.

1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple

On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Hawkin , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: habitational name, with excrescent -s, from Hawkinge (Kent). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Heafoc or Old English heafoc ‘hawk’ + the placename forming suffix -ing. This name has been assimilated to the patronymic surname in Devon from Sir John Hawkyns (1532–95), victor against the Spanish Armada (1588), who was a member of the Devon family of Hawkins, a branch of a Kentish family from the village of Hawkinge. They held land in Plymouth as long ago as 1480.

Irish: variant of Haughn .

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

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Eliza Ann Trescott's parentage and history

Eliza Ann Trescott Crist Her Parents Story and Her Early Life Although no history was been found written about Eliza or her parents, the following is my attempt to put a story together based on hist …

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