Hannah Maria Nickerson

Female18 October 1846–12 March 1914

Brief Life History of Hannah Maria

When Hannah Maria Nickerson was born on 18 October 1846, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Sylvanus Nickerson, was 37 and her mother, Jane Morse, was 25. She married William B Peck on 21 October 1866, in Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Rhode Island, United States in 1870. She died on 12 March 1914, in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.

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Family Time Line

William B Peck
1842–1895
Hannah Maria Nickerson
1846–1914
Marriage: 21 October 1866
William Alden Peck
1869–1929

Sources (19)

  • Hannah Nickerson in household of Sylvanus Nickerson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Hannah Maria Nickerson - Published information: birth: 18 October 1846; Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
  • Hannah M. Nickerson, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 October 1866Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1862 · US Naval Academy

    Age 16

    The US Naval Academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island from its original in Annapolis, Maryland on May 9, 1862.

    1863

    Age 17

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

    1865

    Age 19

    Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

    Name Meaning

    English (Norfolk and Lincolnshire): variant of Nixon , in which trisyllabic Nickeson has been spelled Nickerson.

    English: alternatively, a variant of Nicholson with /r/ substituted for /l/.

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

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