Brief Life History of Susan Hannah
When Susan Hannah Alley was born on 3 May 1830, in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, George Alley, was 37 and her mother, Mary Symonds, was 33. She married Daniel Hanmer Wells on 15 April 1852, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 5 May 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Susan H Wells, "United States Census, 1920"
- Susan Anna Alley Wells, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
- Susan Hannah Wells, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Ally, Alli, as forms such as Johannes filius Alli (Norfolk, 1205) make clear. It may be a pet form of Alexander , Alan , Alice , or Alison , or a survival of Old Danish Alli, Old Swedish Alle, found as Alli in the Domesday Book.
In some cases also an altered form of French Hallé (see Halle 2) or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Variant of Allee 2, a surname of French origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Wells, Susan Hannah Alley - LDS Biographical Encyclopedia, Andrew Jenson, Vol. 2, p.511
Wells, Susan Hannah Alley, wife of Daniel H. Wells, was born May 3, 1839, at Lynn, Mass., the daughter of George Alley and Mary Symonds. She was baptized in Nauvoo, Ill., in 1843, emigrated to Utah wi …
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