Hannah (Brown) Hibbert (bef. 1808 - 1896)

Born before 30 Oct 1808 in Newton Heath, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of James Hibbert — married 10 Nov 1828 in Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England

Descendants

Died 16 Feb 1896 after age 87 in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States

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Biography

Hannah was born in 1808. She is the daughter of Matthew Brown and his wife Sarah.

Christening

Baptism: 30 Oct 1808 All Saints, Newton Heath, Lancashire, England

Hannah Brown - Daughter of Matthew Brown & Sarah

Abode: Newton

Occupation: Weaver^[1]

Marriage and Children

James Hibbert married Hannah Brown on 10 Nov 1828 in Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire, England.^[2] Together they had six known children.

1. Mary (Hibbert) Smith (bef.1831-1921) married William Smith and emigrated to US with her family. They had at least nine children.
2. Sarah (Hibbert) Chapman (1834-) joined the LDS but was later cut off. She stayed in England and married William George Chapman.
3. Hannah (Hibbert) Householder (1836-1885) married John Dalton in England, but left him and took all but one of the children to America, travelling with her mother and brother. She had a number of relationships and children by at least three different men.
4. James Hibbert (1838-1895) migrated with his mother and his sister Hannah and her family. Married 20 year old Annie F H Baker in Utah when he was 50.
5. Benjamin Hibbert (bef.1841-1894) possibly the first of the siblings to emigrate, he arrived in New York in 1859. He shocked the community when he shot himself.
6. Daniel Wild Hibbert (1844-1894) stayed in England where he became a policeman. He moved to Derbyshire, married and raised a family. He also appears to have committed suicide.

Migration

She left her husband, James Hibbert, behind in England. Hannah migrated to New York with her son James and daughter Hannah and her children aboard the ship Monarch of the Sea arriving in 1864.^[3]

Hannah Dolten 28

Helena Dolten 7

Edward Dolten 6

Sarah Dolten 3

John Dolten 0

Hannah Hibbert

James Hibbert 25

Her grand-daughter Sarah was enumerated on board but actually remained in England with her father. A family story says that she was taken off the ship by her father at the last minute.

They travelled overland with Joseph S Rawlings company, joining her son Benjamin in Salt Lake City.^[4][5]

Death

She died in 1896 and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA^[6]

Letter from England to America

Part 1

Dear Sister,

I got your letter on the 19th of Dec and I am glad to hear you have got safe and like well and hope you will continue so. Father has had a very severe illness last May but now he is very well thank God. He has been spending a few days with us and he was glad to hear you landed all safe. I had a letter from your nephew Joseph in Sep. last. He is staying at 11 Joseph. He said he has not heard from you after he left you. So it made us very anxious to hear from his wife has been confined in the Workhouse and is still living there. I and my husband are both very well and so is all of our family. Trade is much the same as when you left.

I shall be glad to hear from you. soon as you can make convenient write to me this is my direction. Give your kind love to all your children and accept the same from your affectionate Sister.

Mary Owen

Dec 28th ‘64

Note: Hannah Brown had a sister Mary Brown who married Jackson Smith and died in 1883. She may have married a second time by 1864 John Owen. No proof at this time.

Note: Hannah Hibbert had a sister Mary Hibbert who married William Smith and came to Utah. She died in 1923. Her husband died in 1915. Could not have been this Mary.

Note: James Hibbert lived until 1869 and must be the father mentioned in the second sentence.

Note from Hardman-1532 15:58, 29 May 2021 (UTC) Hannah (Brown) Hibbert (bef.1808-1896)’s father Matthew Brown (bef.1782-abt.1872) was still alive in 1864, he is probably the father mentioned and the letter is from Mary (Brown) Owen (bef.1813-) to Hannah (Brown) Hibbert (bef.1808-1896).

This letter and the accompanying notes were reproduced with the kind permission of J D Sagers and ancestry member dsweat1

Census

• 1841 England Census: Name Hannah Hibbert; Sex Female; Age 30; Event Place (Original) Manchester, Lancashire, England; Registration District Manchester; Birth Year (Estimated) 1807-1811; Birthplace Lancashire

Mary Hibbert Female 9 Lancashire

Sarah Hibbert Female 7 Lancashire

Hannah Hibbert Female 5 Lancashire

James Hibbert Male 2 Lancashire

Benjamin Hibbert Male 0 Lancashire

James Hibbert Male 30 Lancashire

Hannah Hibbert Female 30 Lancashire

• 1851 England Census: Name Hannah Hibbert; Sex Female; Age 42; Event Place Manchester, Lancashire, England; Registration District Manchester; Birth Year (Estimated) 1809; Birthplace Newton Heath, Lancashire; Marital Status Married; Occupation Laundress; Relationship to Head of Household Wife

James Hibbert Head M 40 Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire

Hannah Hibbert Wife F 42 Newton Heath, Lancashire

Mary Hibbert Daughter F 19 Newton Heath, Lancashire

Hannah Hibbert Daughter F 15 Newton Heath, Lancashire

James Hibbert Son M 12 Newton Heath, Lancashire

Benjamin Hibbert Son M 9 Newton Heath, Lancashire

Daniel Wild Hibbert Son M 7 Newton Heath, Lancashire

Elijah Tayson Lodger M 15 Manchester, Lancashire

Elizabeth Meiss Lodger F 37 Edgeworth, Lancashire

• 1861 England Census: Name Hannah Hebbert; Sex Female; Age 52; Event Place (Original) Newton, Lancashire, England; Registration District Manchester; Birth Year (Estimated) 1809; Birthplace Newton Heath, Lancashire; Marital Status Married; Relationship to Head of Household Wife

James Hebbert Head M 52 Fauls..., Lancashire

Hannah Hebbert Wife F 52 Newton Heath, Lancashire

• 1870 US Census: Name: Anna Hibbard [hannah Hibbert]; Age in 1870: 61; Birth Date: abt 1809; Birthplace: England; Home in 1870: Kaysville, Davis, Utah Territory; Race: White; Gender: Female; Post Office: Kaysville; Father of Foreign Birth: Yes; Mother of Foreign Birth: Yes

Anna Hibbard F 61 England

James Hibbard M 31 England

Benjamin Hibbard M 29 England ^[7]

• 1880 US Census: Name: Hannah Hibbard [Hannah Hibbert]; Age: 72; Birth Date: Abt 1808; Birthplace: England; Home in 1880: Bountiful, Davis, Utah, USA; Race: White; Gender: Female; Relation to Head of House: Self (Head); Marital Status: Widowed; Father's Birthplace: England; Mother's Birthplace: England; Occupation: Keeping House

Hannah Hibbard 72 Self (Head)

James Hibbard 41 Son^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.lan-opc.org.uk Register: Baptisms 1793 - 1812, Page 169; Source: LDS Family Search
2. ↑ "England Marriages, 1538–1973 ", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NJ5J-D2V : 13 March 2020), James Hibbert, 1828.
3. ↑ "New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV33-GS63 : 20 February 2021), Hannah Hibbert, 1864; citing Immigration, New York City, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication M237 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 175,597.
4. ↑ "Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL8S-K6Q1 : 10 February 2018), Hannah Brown Hibbert, 20 Sep 1864; from "Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel: 1847-1868," database, > The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (https://history.lds.org/overlandtravels/ : 2004-).
5. ↑ https://newspapers.lib.utah.edu/details?id=2596012#t_2596012 Ann and Jos Hibbert
6. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18115344/hannah-hibbert
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNCR-5XG : 26 May 2021), Anna Hibbard, 1870.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNSJ-1MC : 20 February 2021), Hannah Hibbard, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district ED 14, sheet 281C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,336. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. Year: 1880; Census Place: Bountiful, Davis, Utah; Roll: 1336; Page: 281C; Enumeration District: 014

• "England and Wales Census, 1841," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQGS-DB8 : 23 May 2019), Hannah Hibbert in household of Mary Hibbert, Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1841 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1851," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SGLN-4B9 : 9 November 2019), Daniel Wild Hibbert in household of James Hibbert, Manchester, Lancashire, England; citing Manchester, Lancashire, England, p. 14, from "1851 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
• "England and Wales Census, 1861," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M7NS-PGH : 5 August 2020), Hannah Hebbert in household of James Hebbert, Newton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; from "1861 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 9, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.