Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Houghton was born on 4 December 1792, in Prescot, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Houghton Jr., was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Richardson, was 36. She married John Marsh on 3 February 1812, in Prescot, Lancashire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Windle, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1851.
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- Ellen Marsh, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Ellen Houghton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen in entry for Margaret Marsh, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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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 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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