Ansel Searle

Brief Life History of Ansel

When Ansel Searle was born on 3 October 1806, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Zophar Searle Jr., was 39 and his mother, Esther Sheldon, was 35. He married Abigail Bascom on 24 October 1828, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Massachusetts, United States in 1870 and Southampton, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1886. He died on 8 March 1886, in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Southampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ansel Searle
1806–1886
Abigail Bascom
1806–1861
Marriage: 24 October 1828
Elizabeth E. Searle
1830–1864
Ophelia Augusta Searle
1836–1911
Henry Ansel Searle
1841–1908

Sources (32)

  • Ansel Searl, "Massachusetts State Census, 1855"
  • Ansel Searl, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Ansel Searl, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1830

Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Serle, Serlo, Serily (ancient Germanic Sarilo, Serilo, possibly derived from a root sarw- ‘device, craft, skill, armor’ + suffix -il-), cognate with Old Norse Sǫrli. The name was frequent in Normandy and became common in England after the Conquest.

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

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