Thomas Tanner
1802–1830 (Age 28)
Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States
The Life of Thomas
When Thomas Tanner was born in 1802, in Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Abel Tanner, was 40 and his mother, Lydia Sweet, was 38. He died on 28 May 1830, at the age of 28.
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Family Time Line
Abel Tanner
1762–1830
Lydia Sweet
1764–1842
Hulda Tanner
1783–1853
Elizabeth Tanner
1785–1857
Adah Tanner
1788–1842
Lydia Tanner
1790–1864
Cuyler Tanner
1792–1857
Amos Sweet Tanner
1794–1849
Russel Tanner
1800–1817
Thomas Tanner
1802–1830
Parents & Siblings
1762–1830Male
1764–1842Female
siblings
(8)
1783–1853Female
1785–1857Female
1788–1842Female
1790–1864Female
1792–1857Male
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World Events (3)
1803
Age 1
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1803 · The U.S doubles in size
Age 1
The United States purchased all the Louisiana territory (828,000 sq. mi) from France, only paying 15 million dollars (A quarter trillion today) for the land. In the purchase, the US obtained the land that makes up 15 US states and 2 Canadian Provinces. The United States originally wanted to purchase of New Orleans and the lands located on the coast around it, but quickly accepted the bargain that Napoleon Bonaparte offered.
1811 · USS Revenge
Age 9
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
Name Meaning
1 English 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.)2 Swiss and German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains and Silesia) or Tann (southern Germany).3 Finnish: topographic or ornamental name from Finnish tanner ‘open field’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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