Sylvia Hawks Ashley

Brief Life History of Sylvia Hawks

When Sylvia Hawks Ashley was born on 3 September 1814, in United States, her father, Daniel Ashley, was 33 and her mother, Hetty Cooper, was 34. She married Quartus H. Barron on 9 September 1835, in Nunda, Nunda, Livingston, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Fox Lake, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States for about 20 years. She died on 7 February 1904, in Portage, Columbia, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Fox Lake, Dodge, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Quartus H. Barron
1810–1890
Sylvia Hawks Ashley
1814–1904
Marriage: 9 September 1835
Frank Townsend Barron
1851–1871
Nellie F Barron
1853–

Sources (13)

  • Sylvia H Barrow in household of Quentus H Barrow, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Sylvia Hanks Ashley, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"
  • S. H. Ashley in entry for Frank T. Barron, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1836

Historical Boundaries: 1836: Dodge, Wisconsin, United States

1846

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places (especially in southern and central England) named Ashley, from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.

Americanized form of French Canadian Asselin 2.

In some cases also an Americanized form of German Eschler .

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

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