When George Washington Askins was born on 14 April 1829, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Samuel Askins, was 22 and his mother, Susanna Fitzcharles, was 17. He married Frances W Kochenderfer on 2 August 1865. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Oliver Township, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880 and Danville, Montour, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He registered for military service in 1861. He died on 31 May 1892, at the age of 63, and was buried in Mount Gilead United Methodist Church Cemetery, Shermans Dale, Carroll Township, Perry, Pennsylvania, United States.
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patronymic from the Middle English personal name Ask(et)in (see Askin 1) or a variant of Askin (1, 2, and 4), with post-medieval excrescent -s.
variant of Haskins with loss of initial H-.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
GEORGE W. ASKINS, merchant, Danville, was born in Landisburg, Perry County, Penn., April 14, 1829, to Samuel (a shoemaker) and Susannah (Fitzcharles) Askins, natives also of Pennsylvania, and of Scotc …
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