Hannahbel Newman

Brief Life History of Hannahbel

When Hannahbel Newman was born on 1 April 1883, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Stephen Jackson Newman, was 31 and her mother, Hannah Selley, was 22. She married Wilford Woodruff Emery on 26 October 1905, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She immigrated to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States in 1940 and lived in Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. She died on 22 January 1966, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wilford Woodruff Emery
1880–1954
Hannahbel Newman
1883–1966
Marriage: 26 October 1905
Grace Emery
1906–1967
Wilford Newman Emery
1909–1996
Lucile Emery
1911–2000
Mervin Stephen Emery
1914–1989
Wesley Frank Emery
1916–2003

Sources (55)

  • Hannabel N Emery, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Hannahbel Newman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Hannahbel Emery, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).

Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .

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

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Life History - Hannahbel Newman Emery

LIFE HISTORY - HANNAHBEL NEWMAN EMERY Born April 1, 1883 Salt Lake City, Utah I, Hannahbel Newman Emery, was born April 1, 1883, at 24 North 5th West Street, Salt Lake City, Utah. My father was Steph …

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