Ancestry of
Claire Danes

TV and Movie Actress

Sarah Ann Harmon

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• • 3rd Great-grandmother of Claire Danes — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 57 
  • Father:
  • William Harmon 
  • Mother:
  • Phoebe Spencer   
  • Birth Date:
  • ABT 1825 
  • Birth Location:
  • prob. Paris, France 
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  • Death Date:
  • AFT 10 Jun 1854 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • John Ebbert
  • Marriage Date:
  • 27 Nov 1844 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Cook County, Illinois 
  • Children:
  
  

  Matilda Ebbert

  Sarah A. Ebbert

  Peter S. Ebbert (Ahnentafel No:28 )

  William H. Ebbert

  • Notes: 

  • The identification of Sarah Harmon's parents is based on circumstantial evidence. Census records for her children give her birth location as England, however the 1850 federal census for Chicago shows her birth location as France which would initially seem as wrong considering her English name. However, William and Phoebe Spencer living in Chicago were born in England, but married in Paris, France in 1825. William Harmon became a Mason while in Paris. Sarah was born in France about 1825. The lining up of dates and locations would seem to confirm that Sarah is the daughter of William and Phoebe Spencer. William Spencer died in Oregon in 1890. His probate file should be consulted as it may reveal more direct evidence of this relationship.

• Sources for Sarah Ann Harmon

  • ¹ Federal Census, IL, Cook County, 1850, Chicago Ward 6, Image 11 of 77.
  • ² Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Death record for daughter Tilla E Smith.
  • ³ Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Death record for daughter Sarah E Crane.
  • ⁴ Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947, Death record for son William H Ebbert.
  • ⁵ Illinois, U.S., Marriage Index, 1860-1920, Marriage record for John Eberts and Sarah Ann Harmon.

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