Sarah Ann Greenhalgh Rees

Brief Life History of Sarah Ann

When Sarah Ann Greenhalgh Rees was born on 30 September 1863, in Tottington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Greenhalgh, was 30 and her mother, Elizabeth Grimshaw, was 23. She married Frederick Thomas Gunn on 25 November 1880, in St. George Utah Temple, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Greenville, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1900 and Adamsville, Beaver, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 24 December 1933, in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Thomas Gunn
1856–1938
Sarah Ann Greenhalgh Rees
1863–1933
Marriage: 25 November 1880
Thomas William Gunn
1881–1945
Frederick Horace Gunn
1884–1963
Ada Elizabeth Gunn
1886–1974
Franklin David Gunn
1889–1980
John Alma Gunn
1892–1988
Grace Amelia Gunn
1895–1975
Sarah Mabel Gunn
1897–1982
Henrietta Gunn
1900–1965
Stanley Richard Gunn
1903–1983

Sources (34)

  • Sarah A. Reese in household of David Reese, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Sarah Ann Gunn, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Sarah A Ruse in entry for Stanley Richard Gunn, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1878 · Bacup Natural History Society

The Bacup Natural History Society was established in 1878 in Lancashire. It holds a collection of over 4,000 photos, slides, and documents. It holds many different artifacts from military to fossils.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from either of two places in Lancashire called Greenhalgh, from Old English grēne ‘green’ + holh ‘hollow’. Compare Greener .

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

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Greenhalgh vs. Rees

Info from Stanley Richard Gunn's Papers: Richard Greehalgh was the natural father of Sarah Ann Rees; but after his desertion of wife and child and the marriage of Elizabeth Grimshaw to David D Rees, S …

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