John Alfred Hannah

Brief Life History of John Alfred

When John Alfred Hannah was born on 9 October 1902, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, his father, Wilfred Steele Hannah, was 23 and his mother, Mary Ellen Malone, was 23. He married Sarah May Shaw on 22 June 1938, in East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1948 and lived in East Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States for about 10 years and Wheatfield Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States in 1991. He died on 23 February 1991, in Dansville, Ingham Township, Ingham, Michigan, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Alfred Hannah
1902–1991
Sarah May Shaw
1911–1990
Marriage: 22 June 1938
Dr. Mary Elizabeth Hannah
1940–2018

Sources (21)

  • John A Hannah, "United States 1950 Census"
  • John Alfred Hannink, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
  • John Alfred Hannah, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

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World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Irish (Antrim), English, and Scottish: variant of Hanna .

Americanized form of Assyrian/Chaldean Hanna 5.

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

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