Brief Life History of George
When George Rushton was born about 1839, in Maine, United States, his father, Sampson Rushton, was 32 and his mother, Sarah B. Hathaway, was 27. He lived in East Machias, Washington, Maine, United States for about 10 years.
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Sources (3)
- George Rushton in household of Sampson Rushton, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: George Rushton - Government record: birth-name: George Rushton
- George Rushton in household of Sampson Rushton, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1842 · Webster–Ashburton Treaty
The Webster-Ashburton Treaty was signed on August 9, 1842 and resolved the border issues between the United States and British North American colonies which had caused the Aroostook War. The treaty contained several agreements and concessions. It called for an end on the overseas slave trade and proposed that both parties share the Great Lakes. It also reaffirmed the location of the westward frontier border (near the Rocky Mountains) as well as the border between Lake Superior and Lake of the Woods. The treaty was signed by Daniel Webster (United States Secretary of State) and Alexander Baring (British Diplomat, 1st Baron Ashburton).
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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