Brief Life History of George
George Ash was born about 1776, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of George Ash and Sarah. He married Elizabeth Palmer on 14 May 1795, in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters.
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- George Ash, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Ash, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
- George Ash, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).
Americanized form of German Asch and Esch , the latter ultimately also of Swiss German origin (see Oesch ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dufresne , with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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