Ira Stearns Hatch

Brief Life History of Ira Stearns

When Ira Stearns Hatch was born on 27 June 1878, in Woods Cross, Davis, Utah, United States, his father, Stearns Bee Hatch, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Ellis, was 19. He married Sarah Alice Rowberry on 17 October 1901, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Garfield, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 22 June 1961, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Stearns Hatch
1878–1961
Sarah Alice Rowberry
1879–1951
Marriage: 17 October 1901
Kenneth Rowberry Hatch
1912–1969

Sources (50)

  • Ora S Hatch, "United States, Census, 1940"
  • Ira S Hatch, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Ira Stearns Hatch, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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World Events (8)

1880

Historical Boundaries: 1880: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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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A Tribute to the Life of Ira Stearns Hatch

Ira Stearns Hatch was born June 27, 1878 to Elizabeth Jane Ellis-Hatch and Stearns B. Hatch. By one account, Uncle Ira was described as a very tall, well-built, handsome man. He had dark, curly hair, …

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