Brief Life History of Nathan
When Nathan Tanner Sr was born on 14 May 1815, in Greenwich, Greenwich, Washington, New York, United States, his father, John Tanner, was 36 and his mother, Lydia Stewart, was 31. He married Rachel Winter Smith on 29 June 1836, in Bolton, Bolton, Warren, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Little Cottonwood Creek Valley, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1870 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 17 December 1910, in Granger, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Nathan Tanner, "United States Census, 1870"
- Sains in entry for John A Hans and Isabella M Lynch, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Nathan Tanner, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Spouse and Children
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1818–1896 Female
Children (11)
1837–1837 Female
1838–1872 Female
1839–1915 Female
1841–1893 Male
1845–1919 Male
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1783–1825 Female
Siblings (12)
1802–1875 Male
1804–1888 Female
1806–1807 Male
1809–1895 Male
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 4
1827
Age 12
1841 · The Nauvoo Legion
Age 26
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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