John Joshua Tanner

19 December 1811–9 September 1896 (Age 84)
Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States

The Life Summary of John Joshua

When John Joshua Tanner was born on 19 December 1811, in Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States, his father, John Tanner, was 33 and his mother, Lydia Stewart, was 28. He married Rebecca Archibald Smith on 27 August 1835, in Kirtland Township, Geauga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 9 September 1896, in South Cottonwood, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Joshua Tanner
1811–1896
Nancy Augusta Ferguson
1843–1925
Marriage: about 1859
Flora Belle Tanner
1859–
Almira Artimessa Tanner
1860–1935
Isaac William Tanner
1863–1937
Warren Foote Tanner
1864–1937
Rebecca Augusta Tanner
1866–1930
Freeman Everton Tanner
1869–1870
Horace Greeley Tanner
1872–1958
Ina Eugenia Tanner
1876–1941
Clarence LaVerne Tanner
1878–1936
Ethel May Tanner
1882–1937
Arthur Lyman Tanner
1887–1887

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1859
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (12)

    +7 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1812
    Age 1
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1827
    Age 16
    Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 25
    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.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Tenner
    Tann

    Story Highlight

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    The William Neyman family left Butler, Pennsylvania about 1830. We assume that they left to join the Church. They had lost two young sons, but had seven living children with them. They were: Marga …

    Sources (87)

    • John Tanner in entry for Ethel Tanner Gookins, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
    • John J Tanner, "United States Census, 1850"
    • John J Tanner, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

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