When William Ashdown was born on 20 May 1844, in Waldron, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, his father, Richard Ashdown Sr., was 30 and his mother, Ann Burgess, was 22. He married Jane Spencer on 21 August 1871, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Mayfield, Sussex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 29 January 1920, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Millard, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Millard, Utah, United States
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English: habitational name from Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, named in Old English with æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ + dūn ‘hill’. Perhaps also occasionally from Ashdown in Lenham, Kent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
I William Ashdown, Sr. was born in Vikfield, Sessex Co. England in the year of 1844. My father’s parents as near as I can learn were all born in Sessex Co. England and were farmers or farm laborers. …
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