When William Nathan Houghton was born on 20 November 1869, in Culver, Union Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States, his father, Thomas Edward Houghton, was 40 and his mother, Mary Ellen BYRD, was 33. He married Agnes Jane Phillips on 5 November 1891, in Marshall, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Cando, Towner, North Dakota, United States in 1900 and Union Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 May 1948, in Burr Oak, Union Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Culver, Union Township, Marshall, Indiana, United States.
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1869–1948 Male
1872–1952 Female
1892–1950 Male
1894–1982 Male
1909–1998 Female
1829–1918 Male
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1864–1949 Male
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English:
habitational name from any of numerous places called Houghton or Hoghton. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different etymologies; for example, Little Houghton in Eccles (Lancashire), which derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn, and Houghton in Bigbury (Devon), which may derive from an Old English personal name Huhha + Old English tūn.
variant of Haughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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