Thomas Ashton

Brief Life History of Thomas

When Thomas Ashton was born about 1793, in Wales, United Kingdom, his father, John Ashton, was 47 and his mother, Elizabeth Savage, was 33. He married Jane Owen on 8 November 1818, in Montgomery, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Mottram in Longdendale, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Llanwnog, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1881. He died in Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom, and was buried in Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Ashton
1793–1886
Jane Owen
1794–1861
Marriage: 8 November 1818
Thomas Ashton
1819–1897
Richard Ashton
1833–
Roger Ashton
1821–
Levi Ashton
1823–
Jane Ashton
1823–
Mary Ann Ashton
1823–
Jane Ashton
1825–
Ann Ashton
1825–
Thomas Ashton
1827–
John Ashton
1827–
David Ashton
1829–
William Ashton
1836–

Sources (28)

  • Thomas Ashton in household of Jane Ashton, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Thomas Ashton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
  • Thomas Ashton, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

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World Events (8)

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.

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester. Most are named from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + tūn ‘settlement’; the one in Northamptonshire is (æt thǣm) æscum ‘(at the) ash trees’. Others have been assimilated to this from different sources. The one in Devon is ‘the settlement (tūn) of Æschere’, while the one in Hertfordshire is ‘the settlement of Ælli’.

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

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