When Richard Thomas Francis Astle was born on 2 September 1871, in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States, his father, John Astle, was 25 and his mother, Isabella Jane Bradshaw, was 25. He married Henrietta Jensen on 24 October 1895, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 27 June 1941, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Bear Lake, Idaho Territory, United States 1890: Bear Lake, Idaho, United States
Idaho is the 43rd state.
English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire called Astle, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + hyll ‘hill’. There may also have been some confusion with Asthall and Astley . Or occasionally this may be a topographic name denoting residence on an ‘east hill’ (from Middle English ast + hill or hull), i.e. a hill to the east of a settlement.
English: perhaps also a habitational name from Astwell, Northamptonshire, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + wielle ‘spring’.
English: habitational name from Asthall, Oxfordshire, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + halh ‘nook’.
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