Anna Katharina Hafen

Brief Life History of Anna Katharina

When Anna Katharina Hafen was born on 13 February 1828, in Scherzingen, Thurgau, Switzerland, her father, Hans Jakob Hafen, was 43 and her mother, Anna Elisabeth Spengler, was 28. She married Johann Friedrich Fechser on 14 September 1867, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 13 June 1914, in Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mount Pleasant City Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Johann Friedrich Fechser
1825–1908
Anna Katharina Hafen
1828–1914
Marriage: 14 September 1867
Magdalena Hafen
1856–1926
Katharina Hermine Fechser
1868–1870

Sources (21)

  • Catherine Fechser, "United States, Census, 1900"
  • Annie Catherine Hafen Fescher, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
  • Cathrine Hafen, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

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.

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States

1855

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER A. Marie Dinnesen Neilson BIRTH 13 Feb 1829 Denmark DEATH 2 Jan 1855 (aged 25) BURIAL Mount Pleasant City Cemetery Mount Pleasant, Sanpete County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 42004366 · View Source

Name Meaning

South German: metonymic occupational name for a potter, from Middle High German hafen ‘pot’.

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

Story Highlight

A brief sketch on Magdalena Hafen, daughter of Anna Katharine Hafen.

received the above from Darlene Winkler Bybee in 2004. Many records have become available since that time. Someone has posted a marriage date for Magdalena's mother, Anna Katharina Hafen (Fechser) a …

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