Hannah Sutcliffe Holroyd

Brief Life History of Hannah Sutcliffe

When Hannah Sutcliffe Holroyd was born on 2 December 1856, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Thomas Edward Holroyd, was 36 and her mother, Dinah Williams, was 42. She married Jesse Franklin Brown on 24 October 1878, in Endowment House, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States in 1860. She died on 3 March 1939, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Franklin Brown
1858–1929
Hannah Sutcliffe Holroyd
1856–1939
Marriage: 24 October 1878
Jesse Holroyd Brown
1879–1954
Thomas Holroyd Brown
1882–1909
Franklin Holroyd Brown
1886–1909
Dinah May Holroyd Brown
1890–1960
Walter Robert Brown
1893–1963

Sources (26)

  • Anna H Brown in household of Jessie F Brown, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
  • Hannah Holroyd Brown, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire): habitational name from Howroyd in Barkisland (Yorkshire), from Old English hol ‘hole, hollow’ + rod ‘clearing’. Compare Rhodes .

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

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Hannah Sutcliffe Holroyd

I was born on the 2nd day of December a856, in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, U.S.A, and was blessed by Elder Parley P. Pratt. My twin sister, Anne, was blessed by Elder Karl G. Maeser. My father, Thoma …

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