William Aston Crabtree

Brief Life History of William Aston

When William Aston Crabtree was born on 22 October 1850, in Birkenhead St Mary, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles S. Crabtree, was 24 and his mother, Elizabeth Aston, was 21. He married Laura Marinda Woods on 16 October 1876, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Saddleworth, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 12 September 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Aston Crabtree
1850–1927
Laura Marinda Woods
1856–1946
Marriage: 16 October 1876
Sarah E Crabtree
1878–
William Woods Crabtree
1879–1927
Laura Elizabeth Crabtree
1880–1971
Ellie Sarah Crabtree
1882–1969
Lottie May Crabtree
1884–1975
James Woods Crabtree
1887–1972
Flossie Woods Crabtree
1889–1943
Inez Maud Crabtree
1891–1971
Rose Lucile Crabtree
1895–1946

Sources (52)

  • William Crabtree in household of William Aston, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • William Astin Crabtree, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1908-1949"
  • Wm A Crabtree in entry for Wm W Crabtree, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · Lendal Bridge Opened

The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from a lost place in Sowerbyshire, Yorkshire named Crabtree, named from Middle English crabbetre ‘crab-apple tree’. In some instances possibly a topographic name for someone who lived by a crab-apple tree.

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

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