Brief Life History of Orson Pratt
When Orson Pratt Marston was born about 1850, in Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Francis Marston, was 24 and his mother, Mary Emma Clark, was 27. He married Sarah Jane Duncan on 1 September 1872, in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Madison, Yolo, California, United States in 1870 and Woodland, Yolo, California, United States in 1880. He died on 15 July 1897, in Yolo, Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Yolo, Yolo, California, United States.
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- Orson Marston in household of William Marston, "United States Census, 1870"
- Orson Maston, "California Marriages, 1850-1945"
- Orson P. Marston, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1850 · Coal Fields in South Wales Developed
Like the iron and copper mines, the coal fields in South Wales were very important to the industrial revolution. Many of those that worked in the coal mines were part of the Merthyr uprising.
1850 · California Is Admitted to Union
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and became the 31st state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous places called Marston or Merston, in counties including Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Sussex, and Worcestershire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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