Brief Life History of William
When William Ashdown was born on 28 February 1808, in Waldron, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Ashdown, was 24 and his mother, Mary Briant, was 23. He married Jemima Baker on 13 December 1833, in Heathfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He immigrated to New South Wales, Australia in 1838. He died on 23 October 1884, in Tumut, New South Wales, Australia, at the age of 76, and was buried in Tumut, New South Wales, Australia.
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- William Ashdown in the New South Wales Australia Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages Birth Index Death Search Results
- 1833: Marriage Record; William Ashdown and Jemima Verrall [Heathfield, Sussex, England] "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910"
- William Ashdown, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1810
Governor Lachlan Macquarie takes office. Ellis Bent becomes the Colony's third deputy judge advocate.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1829
Australia is claimed as British territory.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, named in Old English with æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ + dūn ‘hill’. Perhaps also occasionally from Ashdown in Lenham, Kent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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