Ann Whitehead

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Whitehead was born on 14 November 1820, in Hurley, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Robert Whitehead, was 22 and her mother, Mary Haywood, was 25. She married James Patrick Garvey on 29 March 1846. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. She died on 12 September 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Patrick Garvey
1812–1864
Ann Whitehead
1820–1915
Marriage: 29 March 1846
James Garvey
1846–1899
James Garvey
1847–1859
Mary Garvey
1849–1901
John Garvey
1851–1851
Ann Garvey
1852–1853

Sources (27)

  • Ann Duncanson in household of Micojahn Johnson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Ann Whitehead, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Ann Whitehead, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land

A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English whit ‘white’ + hed ‘head’ (Old English hwīt + hēafod), denoting a person with white or fair hair. Occasionally perhaps from Middle English whīt ‘white’ + hod ‘hood’ (Old English hwīt + hōd).

Irish: adopted by erroneous translation of Ó Ceanndubháin ‘descendant of the little black-headed one’ (see Canavan ), as if from Gaelic ceann ‘head’ + bán ‘white’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Weisshaupt (see Weishaupt ) or Weisskopf (see Weiskopf ).

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

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