William and Sarah Hanks

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Family of William Hanks & Sarah Clissold, 1835 (1812-1900)

Residence: Gloucestershire, England; Davis County, Utah

Grandparents:

John and Mary Smith Hanks
Thomas and Esther Clissold

Descendants:

Emanuel and Maraldia Hanks
Earl and Catherine Green

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.

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