Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Thornley was born on 14 April 1802, in Horwich, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Thornley, was 28 and her mother, Ellen Hilton, was 24. She married Samuel Hamer Sr. on 7 March 1824, in Bolton le Moors St Peter, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1851 and lived in Bury, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1841. She died on 7 May 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Alley Hamer in household of Samuel Hamer, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register 1845-46, Birth place of Jane Thornley
- Jane Thornley, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Thornley in Lancashire, and perhaps also from Thornyleigh near Heaton in Leek (Staffordshire) and Thornleigh in Huddersfield (Yorkshire). The Lancashire name derives from Old English thornede ‘thorny’ + lēah ‘wood, woodland clearing’. The other placenames derive from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ or thornig ‘thorny’ + lēah.
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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