Brief Life History of John William
When John William Ash was born on 17 June 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, John Ash Jr, was 39 and his mother, Sophia Edwards, was 30. He married Hannah Matilda Cox on 15 January 1880, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1880 and Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1900.
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- John ? Ash, "United States Census, 1900"
- John William Ash, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- John W. Ash obituary
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1882
Historical Boundaries 1882: Oneida, Idaho Territory, United States 1885: Bingham, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bingham, Idaho, United States 1893: Bannock, Idaho, United States
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).
Americanized form of German Asch and Esch , the latter ultimately also of Swiss German origin (see Oesch ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dufresne , with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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