William Hainey Hickenlooper

Brief Life History of William Hainey

When William Hainey Hickenlooper was born on 22 September 1804, in Unity Township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Andrew Hickenlooper, was 48 and his mother, Rachel Long, was 37. He married Sarah Jane Hawkins on 29 August 1829, in Allegheny Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Allegheny Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. In 1850, at the age of 46, his occupation is listed as engineer in Utah, United States. He died on 14 January 1888, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Hainey Hickenlooper
1804–1888
Ann Ham
1825–1888
Marriage: 16 November 1856
Orson Hyde Hickenlooper
1857–1939
Rachel Ann Hickenlooper
1860–1900
Charles Andrew Hickenlooper
1862–1938
Olive Jane Hickenlooper
1864–1865
George Hickenlooper
1866–1940

Sources (67)

  • William Hickenlooper, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Wm H Hickenlooper, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • William Hickenlooper, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Heckenlaible .

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

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