John Robert Gaston

Male1794–21 September 1869

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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Family Time Line

John Robert Gaston
1794–1869
Elizabeth "Betsy" Carson
1794–1872
Marriage: 9 January 1817
William Gaston
1817–1904
John C. Gaston
1818–1847
Stephen Gaston
1821–
Elizabeth C. Gaston
1823–1843
Lucinda E. Gaston
1827–
Mary Jane Gaston
1819–1897
Margaret Eleanor Gaston
1822–1894
Sarah A Gaston
1828–1891

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

  • Marriage
    9 January 1817Christian, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

    Age 0

    The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 6

    While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

    1817

    Age 23

    Historical Boundaries: 1817: Bond, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: Bond, Illinois, United States

    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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