Hannah Ann Alston

Brief Life History of Hannah Ann

When Hannah Ann Alston was born from 1802 to 1803, in Waddington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Christopher Alston, was 22 and her mother, Jennet Houlcroft, was 24. She married John Baxter about 1822, in Waddington, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Driffield, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Appleton Roebuck, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1871. She died about 1876, in Barton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, and was buried in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

John Baxter
1797–1855
Hannah Ann Alston
1802–1876
Marriage: about 1822
Joseph Alston
1821–1891
Sarah Baxter
1824–
John Alston
1825–
John Baxter
1831–
Ann
1836–1899
Thomas Baxter
1838–1931
Margaret Baxter
1844–

Sources (19)

  • Hannah Baxter, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Hannah Alston, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Ann Baxter, 'England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005' on MyHeritage

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World Events (7)

1815

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.

1823

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish:

from the Middle English personal name Alstan, which is a coalescence of several different Old English personal names: Æthelstān ‘noble stone’, Ælfstān ‘elf stone’, Ealdstān ‘old stone’, or Ealhstān ‘temple stone’.

habitational name from any of various places called Alston (in Cumbria, Lancashire, Devon, and Somerset) or Alstone (in Gloucestershire and Staffordshire). With the exception of Alston in Cumbria, which is formed with the Old Norse personal name Halfdan, these placenames all consist of an Old English personal name + Old English tūn ‘settlement’, for example Ælfsige in the case of Alstone in Gloucestershire.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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