Mary Hatch

Female8 April 1914–16 October 2002

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Hatch was born on 8 April 1914, in Colonia Juárez, Casas Grandes, Chihuahua, Mexico, her father, John Alma Hatch, was 37 and her mother, Cora May Merrell, was 33. She married Harold Richard Britt on 13 January 1937, in Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Prescott, Yavapai, Arizona, United States in 1935 and Supervisorial District 2, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 16 October 2002, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Pinetop-Lakeside, Navajo, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harold Richard Britt
1912–1973
Mary Hatch
1914–2002
Marriage: 13 January 1937
Victor Thomas Britt
1948–

Sources (25)

  • Mary Hatch in household of John Alma Hatch, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Mary in entry for Carl T Britt and Janice Houdeshell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Mary Britt in entry for Harold Richard Britt, "Arizona, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 January 1937Phoenix, Maricopa, Arizona, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1919 · Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple Announced

    Age 5

    The Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple was announced on October 3, 1919. Don Carlos Young and Ramm Hansen were chosen to design the temple. The Mesa, Arizona temple was the first temple to be built in Arizona.

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 23

    The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Hatch (Bedfordshire, Devon, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire), Hacche in South Molton (Devon), or else a topographic name from residence near a hatch, a gate leading to a forest or sometimes a sluice-gate, from Middle English hacche ‘gate’ (Old English hæcce, Kentish Old English hec(c)). This name has been in Ireland since the 17th century, associated with County Meath and the nearby part of Louth.

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

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