Brief Life History of Hannah Leigh
When Hannah Leigh Walters was born on 16 April 1842, in Llanelly, Carmarthenshire, Wales, United Kingdom, her father, Walter Walters, was 48 and her mother, Sarah Rees Leigh, was 35. She married Alexander Wright on 23 November 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860. She died on 17 February 1880, in Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Virgin Cemetery, Virgin, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Hannah Walter in household of Walter Walter, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- UK General Register Office (GRO) Birth Record
- HANNAH WALTERS WRIGHT, "BillionGraves Index"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1850
Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States* 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States *Renamed Salt Lake in 1868
1857
Historical Boundaries: 1857: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Kane, Utah, United States
Name Meaning
English: variant of Walter , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
German: patronymic from Walter .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Hannah Walters Wright
This history is taken from Hannah Melinda Wright Taylor's autobiography "Of Noble Birth - a compilation of family histories and genealogies" (all typing was kept in the same spelling as in original bo …
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