Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom Pugmire 1870-1958
2010
Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom was the daughter of Elizabeth Sant and Thomas Winterbottom. She was born in England, where her parents lived on a boat and hauled freight up and down the waterways, rivers and canals. She was the youngest of six children and should not be confused with an older sister named Elizabeth Hannah who died as an infant. After the death of her father Thomas by drowning, her mother emigrated with her children to America. The family settled in the area of Fish Haven, Idaho which is on the border of Utah and Idaho. There, she met Justin Pugmire. They married in 1883 in Fish Haven which would have found Hannah to be only 13. Perhaps her birthdate is wrongly recorded or her marriage date. Perhaps she did marry young, although 13 seems too young. Nevertheless, Justin and Hannah became the parents of 13 children. The oldest, Justin Gerald Pugmire is our direct ancestor. Many of her posterity remember her and can talk about her. Some of her grandchildren were married with children of their own when she died. Those grandchildren have grandchildren today. None are very far removed from her and her death in 1958.
Hannah died in California at the home of her daughter. She is buried next to her husband Justin in the Midvale City Cemetery, Midvale, Salt Lake, Utah.
The migration of Hannah Elizabeth Winterbottom Pugmire
England to Utah to Idaho to California