Granville Eberts Ashmead

Brief Life History of Granville Eberts

When Granville Eberts Ashmead was born on 11 May 1845, in East Pike Run Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Joseph Keen Ashmead, was 38 and his mother, Matilda Howe, was 37. He married Rhoda Leona Ellis on 22 November 1864, in Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cedar, Mahaska, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Haden, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1900. In 1870, at the age of 25, his occupation is listed as teamster in Palestine Township, Cooper, Missouri, United States. He died on 5 January 1910, in Haden, Teton, Idaho, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Tetonia, Teton, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Granville Eberts Ashmead
1845–1910
Rhoda Leona Ellis
1847–1917
Marriage: 22 November 1864
William Frances Ashmead
1866–1933
Etta Mae Ashmead
1867–1953
Samuel W. Ashmead
1869–1869
George Thomas Ashmead
1871–1871
John T Ashmead
1872–1875
Maggie Ann Ashmead
1873–1963
Nora Francis Ashmead
1875–1960
Jessie Edward Ashmead
1877–1913
Daniel Howard Ashmead
1878–1934
Charles Nathan Ashmead
1880–1965
Leona Rhoda Ashmead
1882–1973
Eberts Granville Ashmead
1888–1968

Sources (21)

  • Gran Ashmead, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Granville Ashmead, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Granville Eberts Ashmead, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1846

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

1846

Iowa is the 29th state.

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Ashmead Green or Ashmead House in Gloucestershire, named from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + mǣd ‘meadow’, or a topographic name with the same meaning.

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

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Joseph Keen and Matilda Ashmead Family Story

Somewhere between 1826 and 1829, Joseph Keen Ashmead (1806-1872), son of Samuel and Tacy Ashmead of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania decided to make his own way in the world. Joseph was single a …

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