Margaret Hannah Shepherd

Brief Life History of Margaret Hannah

When Margaret Hannah Shepherd was born on 11 December 1838, in North Shields, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Shepherd, was 34 and her mother, Ann Henderson, was 31. She married John Allen Sutton on 26 April 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 16 May 1902, in Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Paris Cemetery, Paris, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Allen Sutton
1834–1913
Margaret Hannah Shepherd
1838–1902
Marriage: 26 April 1858
John Allen Sutton Jr.
1859–1935
Richard Shepherd Sutton
1861–1932
Mark Henry Sutton
1863–1937
George William Sutton
1865–1869
Thomas Sutton
1867–1878
Harry Edward Sutton
1869–1945
Charles Ernest Sutton
1872–1934
David James Sutton
1874–1950
Margaret Ann Sutton
1877–1954
Joseph Sutton
1879–1879
Robert Henderson Sutton
1882–1949

Sources (48)

  • Margaret H Sulton in household of John A Sulton, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Margaret Hannah Shepherd, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Margaret H. Sutton, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

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 (Lancashire and Yorkshire): occupational name from Middle English schepeherde ‘shepherd’ (Old English scēaphyrde, scēap‐weard).

Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘shepherd’, for example German and Jewish Schäfer (see Schaefer ).

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

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Story Highlight

Thomas Sutton and Joseph Sutton

Taken from page 796 of "History of Bear Lake Pioneers" book by Dorothy Hardy Matthews and Edith Parker Haddock published by Daughters of Utah Pioneers Bear Lake County Idaho 1968 copied at City of Par …

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