Melissa Jane Austin

Female24 August 1814–9 September 1887

Brief Life History of Melissa Jane

When Melissa Jane Austin was born on 24 August 1814, in Jay, Franklin, Maine, United States, her father, Silas Austin, was 25 and her mother, Lydia Briggs, was 27. She married William Edward Carleton on 16 September 1840, in Winnebago, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Shirland, Winnebago, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Whidbey Island, Island, Washington, United States in 1870. She died on 9 September 1887, in Port Townsend, Jefferson, Washington, United States, at the age of 73.

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Family Time Line

William Edward Carleton
1802–1873
Melissa Jane Austin
1814–1887
Marriage: 16 September 1840
Harriet Elizabeth Carleton
1841–1928
Phoebe Abbott Carleton
1843–1908
William Edward Carlton
1850–1918

Sources (8)

  • Melissa I Carlton, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Melissa Jane Austin, "Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
  • Melissa Jane Austin, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

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  • Marriage
    16 September 1840Winnebago, Illinois, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1818

    Age 4

    Illinois is the 21st state.

    1819 · Panic! of 1819

    Age 5

    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 · Remember the Alamo

    Age 22

    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English, French, and German: from the personal name Austin, from Latin Augustinus, a derivative of Augustus (see Augustin ). This was an extremely common personal name in every part of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, owing its popularity chiefly to Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), whose influence on Christianity is generally considered to be second only to that of Saint Paul. Various religious orders came to be formed following rules named in his honor, including the ‘Austin canons’, established in the 11th century, and the ‘Austin friars’, a mendicant order dating from the 13th century. The popularity of the personal name in England was further increased by the fact that it was borne by Saint Augustine of Canterbury (died c. 605), an Italian Benedictine monk known as ‘the Apostle of the English’, who brought Christianity to southern England in 597 and founded the see of Canterbury.

    English: variant of Aspden , with which this surname became confused.

    History: This was the name of a merchant family that became established in eastern MA in the 17th century, notably in Charlestown. Richard Austin came from England and landed at Boston in 1638, and his son Anthony was clerk of Suffield, CT, in 1674. The surname is very common in England as well as America; this Richard Austin was only one of a number of bearers who brought it to North America. — In 1821 Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), born in Austinville VA, founded the first Anglo colony in TX.

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

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