Elizabeth Ascroft

Female6 September 1803–16 June 1869

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Ascroft was born on 6 September 1803, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Ascroft, was 34 and her mother, Margaret Scarisbrick, was 29. She died on 16 June 1869, in Wigan, Lancashire, England, at the age of 65, and was buried in Wigan, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Ascroft
1770–1820
Margaret Scarisbrick
1774–1847
Thomas Ascroft
1801–1829
John Ascroft
1811–1811
Elizabeth Ascroft
1803–1869
Jane Ascroft
1806–1859
James Scarisbrick Ascroft
1808–1849
Ann Ascroft
1812–
Roger Ashcroft Sr
1812–
Margaret Ashcroft
1813–1878
Mary Ann Ascroft
1816–1891

Sources (8)

  • Elizabeth Ascroft in household of Margaret Ascroft, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
  • Elizabeth Ascroft, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Elizabeth Ascroft, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"

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Siblings (9)

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World Events (7)

1808 · The British West Africa Squadron

Age 5

The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.

1815

Age 12

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

1823

Age 20

Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

Name Meaning

English: see Ashcroft .

Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016

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