Milton Weston

Brief Life History of Milton

When Milton Weston was born in 1842, in Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Millard David Weston, was 25 and his mother, Urane Ward, was 20. He married Lizzie Mcallister on 12 September 1865. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He died on 22 February 1902, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Milton Weston
1842–1902
Lizzie Mcallister
1846–
Marriage: 12 September 1865
Charles Weston
1868–
Frank B Weston
1869–1870
Walter Weston
1872–1917

Sources (10)

  • Milton Weston in household of Willard Weston, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Milton Weston, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994"
  • Milton Weston in entry for Walter Weston, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and is open 22 hours per day . 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from any of numerous places called Weston, from Old English west ‘west’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

topographic name from Middle English atte west tun(e) ‘at the west farmstead, settlement’ (Old English west + tūn), or from Middle English (bi) weste(n)tune (Old English be westan tūne or be west in tūne), denoting someone who lived either to the west of a settlement or in the western part of a settlement. The latter was a common surname in Sussex.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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