Asby Crissie Alie Houston

Brief Life History of Asby Crissie Alie

When Asby Crissie Alie Houston was born on 7 October 1877, in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States, her father, James William Jefferson Houston, was 32 and her mother, Martha Ellen or Mary Hooper, was 18. She married Edward James Murray on 22 February 1893. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. She died on 1 December 1923, in Escalon, San Joaquin, California, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in Manteca, San Joaquin, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward James Murray
1861–1903
Asby Crissie Alie Houston
1877–1923
Marriage: 22 February 1893
Anna Murray
1894–1894
Kathryn "Katie" Belle Murray
1898–1985
Ruth Ellen Murray
1902–1987

Sources (30)

  • Crissie Felps in household of Elgin Felps, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Crissie N Phelps, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Crissie Dykes, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.

Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.

History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.

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

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