Brief Life History of Chester W
When Chester W Houghton was born on 24 February 1890, in Cabot, Washington, Vermont, United States, his father, Leonard Oliver Houghton, was 33 and his mother, Jennie Mary Whitcher, was 30. He died on 25 April 1891, in his hometown, at the age of 1.
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- Chester W Houghton, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
- Chester W. Houghton, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
- Chester Houghton, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"
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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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