Hannah Adams

16 July 1832–24 February 1891 (Age 58)
Middlesex, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Hannah

When Hannah Adams was born on 16 July 1832, in Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Adams, was 22 and her mother, Elizabeth Pain, was 18. She married William Harrison on 24 March 1856, in Ontario, Lima Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in St Luke, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 24 February 1891, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Provo City Cemetery, Provo, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Harrison
1828–1895
Hannah Adams
1832–1891
Marriage: 24 March 1856
Joseph Harrison
1857–1857
Hannah Selena Harrison
1858–1941
Alice Envelie Harrison
1859–1943
Louisa Eveline Harrison
1861–1912
Richard George Harrison
1862–1923
Emma Elizabeth Harrison
1864–1952
Charlotte Ann Harrison
1866–1952
Lucy Jane Harrison
1868–1933
Frances Emily Harrison
1870–1944
Heber William Harrison
1872–1954
Sarah Ellen Harrison
1874–1906

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    24 March 1856Ontario, Lima Township, LaGrange, Indiana, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
    Age 1
    The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 4
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
    1852 · First Public Lavatory Erected 
    Age 20
    George Jenning was the person that invented and gave us the public lavatory. It cost people a penny to use. 

    Name Meaning

    English, Dutch, and German (mainly northwestern Germany): patronymic from the personal name Adam . In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Greek Adamopoulos , Serbian and Croatian Adamović (see Adamovich ), Polish (and Jewish) Adamski .Irish and Scottish: adopted for McAdam or a Scottish variant of Adam , with excrescent -s.History: This surname was borne by two early presidents of the US, father and son. They were descended from Henry Adams, who settled in Braintree, MA, in 1635/6, from Barton St. David, Somerset, England. The younger of them, John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) derived his middle name from his maternal grandmother's surname (see Quincy ). — Another important New England family, established mainly in NH, is descended from William Adams, who emigrated from Shropshire, England, to Dedham, MA, in 1628. James Hopkins Adams (1812–61), governor of SC, was unconnected with either of these families, his ancestry being Welsh; his forebears entered North America through PA.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Adam
    Addams

    Story Highlight

    William Harrison (1828-1895) and His Wives

    Compiled by Joyce M. Harrison July 2001 from histories written by his children William’s Early Years William Harrison was born in Bethnal Green parish, a suburb of London, England, on March 28, 18 …

    Sources (31)

    • Hannah Adams in entry for Frances E Conover, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • Hannah Harrison in household of William Harrison, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Hannah Adams in entry for Charlotte Ann Harrison Anderson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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