Brief Life History of Ellen A.
When Ellen A. Houghton was born on 2 March 1832, in Batavia, Genesee, New York, United States, her father, Asa Houghton, was 36 and her mother, Clarissa Cole, was 33. She lived in Middleburg Township, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States in 1860 and New York, United States in 1870. She died on 30 April 1870, in Lorain, Ohio, United States, at the age of 38.
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- Elen Haughton in household of Asa Haughton, "United States Census, 1860"
- Ellen A. Houghton, "Ohio, Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"
- The Houghton Genealogy written by John W. Houghton, reference to Ellen Houghton
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
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.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
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 called Houghton or Hoghton. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different etymologies; for example, Little Houghton in Eccles (Lancashire), which derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn, and Houghton in Bigbury (Devon), which may derive from an Old English personal name Huhha + Old English tūn.
variant of Haughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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