William and Sarah Hanks
Family of William Hanks & Sarah Clissold, 1835 (1812-1900)
Residence: Gloucestershire, England; Davis County, Utah
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Parents' Childhood
William Hanks was born in 1812 to John and Mary Hanks in Horsley, Gloucestershire, England.
Sarah Clissold was born in 1816 to Thomas and Esther Clissold in Horsley or nearby Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England.
William and Sarah Hanks in England
William and Sarah married in 1835 and had nine children.
| 1835 | Married in Horsley, Gloucestershire |
| 1835 | Mary Ann born |
| 1839 | Ellen born |
| 1842 | Hannah born |
| 1845 | Henry born |
| 1847 | Eliza born |
| 1849 | Eliza died, age 1 |
| 1850 | Emma born |
| 1854 | Eliza born |
| 1856 | Anne born |
| 1858 | Ellen married John Allway |
| 1860 | Hannah died, age 17 |
| 1861 | Emmanuel born |
| 1863 | Mary married George Nicholls |
| 1874 | Eliza married Robert Henry Lane |
| 1874 | Anne married Jacob Adams |
| 1877 | Henry married Harriett Harding |
| 1878 | Emma married Edwin Cornelius Cox |
Life in Utah
Emanuel immigrated to Utah in 1881. William and Sarah joined him later in the year, at ages 67 and 65, traveling with William's brother, John.
| 1881 | Immigration to Davis County, Utah |
| 1885 | Emanuel married Maraldia Willey |
| 1891 | William died, age 78 |
| 1900 | Sarah died, age 83 |
They traveled by ship from Liverpool to New York, and then presumably by rail to Utah. William and Sarah lived with Emanuel in Bountiful, Utah.
Sarah died in an accident when her clothes caught fire as she was cooking.
Descendants
- Ellen and her family remained in Horsley.
- Henry and his family settled in Minchinhampton.
- Mary, Anne, and their families lived in various towns around Gloucestershire.
- Emma and her family moved to West Yorkshire and later Leicestershire.
- Eliza and her family migrated to New Zealand and then South Australia.
- Emmanuel and his family lived in Bountiful, Syracuse, and Clearfield in Davis County, Utah.
References
- Saints by Sea immigration record