Brief Life History of Helen Alcy
When Helen Alcy Tanner was born on 18 December 1839, in New Liberty, Pope, Illinois, United States, her father, Nathan Tanner Sr, was 24 and her mother, Rachel Winter Smith, was 21. She married Elijah Hiett Maxfield Sr on 24 August 1856, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 4 Bicknell, Wayne, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 16 May 1915, in Lyman, Wayne, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Lyman, Wayne, Utah, United States.
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- Hellen E. Maxfield in household of Elyson H. Maxfield, "United States Census, 1900"
- Helen A. Tanner Maxfield, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
- H. A. in entry for Francis Q Maxfield, "Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1848
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Pope, Illinois, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
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