Brief Life History of Hannah Sophronia
When Hannah Sophronia Abbott was born on 8 October 1849, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Jacob Farnum Abbott, was 41 and her mother, Mary Sophronia Chapman, was 23. She married James John on 9 May 1865, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 10 daughters. She lived in Grantsville, Tooele, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 30 July 1886, in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Portage, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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- Hannah Johns in household of James Johns, "United States Census, 1870"
- Hannah Sophronia Abbott John, "Find A Grave Index"
- Hannah Abbot in entry for Angeline Olsen, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
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1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1852: Tooele, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Tooele, Utah, United States
1856
Historical Boundaries: 1856: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .
History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Jacob Farnum Abbott 1808
LIFE OF JACOB FARNUM ABBOTT Jacob Farnum Abbott was born 13 September 1808 at Andover, Oxford, Maine to Enos Abbott and Sarah Farnum Abbott. He was the youngest of a large family and the only one …
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