When Anne Houghton was born in 1823, in Ingleton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Houghton, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Hodgson, was 27. She married William Slinger on 10 December 1850, in Caton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Caton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Caton with Littledale, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years.
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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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