When Richard Astill was born in January 1838, in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Zachariah Astill, was 27 and his mother, Ann Hopkins, was 26. He married Margaret from 1861 to 1865, in Texas, United States. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1855 and lived in Center, Sacramento, California, United States in 1880. He died on 19 January 1883, in Citrus Heights, Sacramento, California, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Sylvan Cemetery, Citrus Heights, Sacramento, California, United States.
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EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Thomas Butler BIRTH 1806 DEATH 15 Dec 1850 (aged 43–44) BURIAL Sylvan Cemetery Citrus Heights, Sacramento County, California, USA MEMORIAL ID 98115344 · View Source
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1 English: locative name variant of Astle .
2 Norman, English: relationship name from the Middle English personal name Astill, a contraction of Norman French Ansketill (Old Scandinavian Ásketill, with Continental Germanic Ans- substituted for As-). See Askell .
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