Alma Cruse Tanner

7 May 1847–8 November 1925 (Age 78)
Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Alma Cruse

When Alma Cruse Tanner was born on 7 May 1847, in Newbury, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Tanner Jr, was 39 and his mother, Mary Cruse, was 34. He married Annie Elizabeth Lee on 2 January 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Grouse Creek, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1880 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 8 November 1925, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Tooele City Cemetery, Tooele, Tooele, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alma Cruse Tanner
1847–1925
Annie Elizabeth Lee
1853–1923
Marriage: 2 January 1871
Alma Cruse Tanner Jr.
1872–1957
Samuel Tanner
1874–1944
Annie Elizabeth Tanner
1875–1953
Emma Vilate Tanner
1877–1965
Lottie May Tanner
1880–1881
Ella Tanner
1882–1951
Joseph White Tanner
1884–1942
Ebenezer Tanner
1886–1918
Arthur Lee Tanner
1889–1942
Edna May Tanner
1891–1933
Hattie Tanner
1894–1958

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    2 January 1871Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (10)

    +5 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1850
    Age 3
    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
    1863
    Age 16
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1868 · Impeach the President!
    Age 21
    Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

    Name Meaning

    English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).

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

    Possible Related Names

    Tenner
    Tann

    Sources (43)

    • Almer Tanner, "United States Census, 1880"
    • Alma C. Tanner in entry for Earl Wood Musgrave and Hattie Tanner Dolan, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
    • Alma C Tanner in entry for Annie Elizabeth Tanner, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"

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