Hannah Reese

Birth Date
On 1844 November 21 (Born)
Death Date
On 1941 March 24 (Died)
Gender
Female

She sailed to America with her brother from Sydney, Australia in 1856 on the ship Jenny Ford.

Hannah told of one of her experiences traveling to Utah in 1857 to Ardis M. Walker, who recorded the account in her book "The Rough and the Righteous of the Kern River Diggins."  The Further research is needed to determine the name of the pioneer company she traveled to Utah with.

Her name is shown as "Hannah Reese Farnham Miller" on the California Find a Grave Index, and the inscription on her gravestone shows her name as "Hannah Farnham Miller."

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Born

1844 November 21

Date Details

Occurred On 1844 November 21

Traveled in Company Unknown (1857)

1857 (Age 12) Pioneers in Company

Date Details

Occurred Circa 1857
Joined Company
Circa 1857
Company Arrived

Married Augustus Alwin Farnham

1860 February 22 (Age 15)

Died

1941 March 24 (Age 96)

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