Ann Hamer

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Hamer was born in 1839, in Tottington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Samuel Hamer Sr., was 36 and her mother, Jane Thornley, was 37. She married David Orson Calder on 5 March 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 5 December 1902, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Orson Calder
1823–1884
Ann Hamer
1839–1902
Marriage: 5 March 1857
David George Calder
1858–1926
Ella Calder
1860–1866
Margaret Calder
1861–1866
Mary Ann Calder
1863–1866
Dr Daniel Hamer Calder
1866–1935
Samuel Hamer Calder
1867–1921
William Hamer Calder
1869–1882
Joseph Hamer Calder
1870–1883
Henrietta Calder
1874–1909
Clara Hamer Calder
1876–1883
Elsie Hamer Calder
1879–1883
Annie Hamer Calder
1880–1926
Agnes Calder
1882–1962

Sources (66)

  • Alla Calder in household of David O Calder, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Anne Hamer, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Ann Hamer Calder, "Find A Grave 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

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): habitational name from a place in Rochdale, Lancashire, named Hamer, from Old English hamor ‘cliff’.

English (of Norman origin): variant of Amer 3 with prosthetic H-.

Dutch: from hamer ‘hammer’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of hammers or a user of a hammer, for example a blacksmith.

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

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Samuel Hamer and Jane Thornley

Author probably Ellen Reiser Nebeker, great-granddaughter of Samuel and Jane. My grandfather, Samuel Hamer, was born at Bolton, Lancashire, England, August 31, 1831, a son of Samuel Hamer and Jane …

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