Brief Life History of Elizabeth
Elizabeth Ashton was born in 1851, in Llandinam, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom as the daughter of Richard Ashton and Jane Oliver. She married Edward Owen on 19 May 1836. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters.
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- Elizabeth Richards, "Wales Births and Baptisms, 1541-1907"
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World Events (3)
1867 · Great Reform Act of 1867
The Great Reform Act of 1867 gave males the right to vote. This also helped to form the Welsh Liberal Party. It was the second of three reforms that would take place.
1884
Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester. Most are named from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + tūn ‘settlement’; the one in Northamptonshire is (æt thǣm) æscum ‘(at the) ash trees’. Others have been assimilated to this from different sources. The one in Devon is ‘the settlement (tūn) of Æschere’, while the one in Hertfordshire is ‘the settlement of Ælli’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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