Hannah Ann Church

Brief Life History of Hannah Ann

When Hannah Ann Church was born on 22 September 1820, in Mohegan, New London, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Erastus Church, was 28 and her mother, Nancy Ford, was 29. She married George Fellows Dolbeare on 26 July 1846, in Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States for about 30 years. She died on 3 December 1903, in Mohegan, New London, New London, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 83, and was buried in Mohegan, Montville, New London, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Fellows Dolbeare
1802–1887
Hannah Ann Church
1820–1903
Marriage: 26 July 1846
Anson Gleason Dolbeare
1847–1871
Anna Babbitt Dolbeare
1850–1902
George Dolbeare
1852–
Edwin L. Dolbeare
1853–1888
Charles H. Dolbeare
1855–1869
Henry H Dolbeare
1856–
Irene E. Dolbeare
1858–1907

Sources (11)

  • Hannah D*lean in household of George F D*lean, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Hannah Quidgeon Babbet Mathers, "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Hannah A Church Dolbeare, "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772-1934"

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.

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1846

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

Name Meaning

English: topographic name mostly found in southern and midland England, for someone who lived near a church, or possibly an occupational name for someone who worked at a church, such as a verger or sexton, from Middle English chirche ‘church’. The word comes from Old English cyrice, ultimately from medieval Greek kyrikon, for earlier kyriakōn (dōma) ‘(house) of the Lord’, from kyrios ‘lord’. Compare Kirk .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Kirch .

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

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