Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Easton was born on 28 October 1894, in McLean, Illinois, United States, her father, Louis Byron Easton, was 29 and her mother, Honor Amelia Hubbard, was 25. She married Markham Field McLin on 30 April 1922, in Orange, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Whittier Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. She died on 2 December 1970, in California, United States, at the age of 76.
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- Jane E Maclin in household of Markham Maclin, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jane Easton, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
- Jane Easton, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of the many places in England called Easton ‘the eastern village, estate, or manor’ (Berkshire, Cumberland, East Yorkshire, Hampshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Somerset, Wiltshire), as well as from Easton (Peeblesshire) or Easton near Bathgate (West Lothian) in Scotland. The name may also arise from any of the places called Easton which have different etymologies, in Devon, Essex, and Northamptonshire. Easton in Devon gets its first element from the genitive case of the Old English personal name Ælfrīc (Old English ælf ‘elf’ + rīc ‘power’) or Athelrīc (Old English athel ‘noble’ + rīc ‘power’). Easton Neston in Northamptonshire arises from Old English Ēadstānestūn ‘settlement of Ēadstān’, a personal name composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + stān ‘stone’. Great and Little Easton in Essex are from the Old English personal name Æga + stān(as) ‘stone(s)’.
English and Scottish: topographic name from Middle English (bi) este(n) tune (Old English be ēastan tūne), denoting someone who lived at the east end of a village, or from Middle English atte(n) este(n) tune ‘at (the place to) the east of the village’, a type of formation particular to Sussex. Compare Weston , Sutton , and Outen .
English: from the Middle English personal name Estan (Old English Ēadstān, from ēad ‘prosperity’ + stān ‘stone’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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