Brief Life History of John Robert
When John Robert Gaston was born in 1794, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, his father, William Gaston, was 37 and his mother, Mary McClure, was 36. He married Ann Carson on 11 August 1814, in Christian, Kentucky, United States. He died on 21 September 1869, in Jefferson, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bond, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (13)
- John R Garten, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Legacy NFS Source: John Robert Gaston - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1795; Chester, South Carolina, United States
Spouse and Children
1794–1869 Male
1794–1872 Female
Children (8)
1817–1904 Male
1818–1847 Male
1819–1897 Female
1821– Male
1822–1894 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1757–1838 Male
1758–1829 Female
Siblings (9)
1783–1831 Female
1783– Male
1784–1867 Female
1786–1869 Male
1787–1826 Male
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
Age 0
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 6
1817
Age 23
Name Meaning
French: from the ancient Germanic personal name Gasto, derived from gast ‘guest, foreigner’, earlier ‘foreign warrior’. This surname is also found in England and Ireland, where it is probably a Huguenot importation. Compare Guest .
English (Sussex): variant of Gasson 1.
English: in Gloucestershire, a variant of Garston , a topographic name or metonymic occupational name denoting someone who lived by or worked in a paddock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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