Mark Austin

Brief Life History of Mark

When Mark Austin was born on 3 October 1864, in Studham, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Austin, was 41 and his mother, Emma Grace, was 37. He married Maria Brain Vaughan on 30 March 1887, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1950. He died on 13 May 1952, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mark Austin
1864–1952
Maria Brain Vaughan
1865–1950
Marriage: 30 March 1887
Hazel Austin
1888–1988
Emma Jane Austin
1891–1892
Ruby Austin
1893–1970
Francis Mark Austin
1896–1954
Lillian Austin
1899–1998
Michael John Austin
1901–1977
Robert Roy Austin
1904–1991

Sources (68)

  • Mark Austin, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mark Austin, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-1920"
  • Mark Austin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

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World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

Name Meaning

English, French, and German: from the personal name Austin, from Latin Augustinus, a derivative of Augustus (see Augustin ). This was an extremely common personal name in every part of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, owing its popularity chiefly to Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), whose influence on Christianity is generally considered to be second only to that of Saint Paul. Various religious orders came to be formed following rules named in his honor, including the ‘Austin canons’, established in the 11th century, and the ‘Austin friars’, a mendicant order dating from the 13th century. The popularity of the personal name in England was further increased by the fact that it was borne by Saint Augustine of Canterbury (died c. 605), an Italian Benedictine monk known as ‘the Apostle of the English’, who brought Christianity to southern England in 597 and founded the see of Canterbury.

English: variant of Aspden , with which this surname became confused.

History: This was the name of a merchant family that became established in eastern MA in the 17th century, notably in Charlestown. Richard Austin came from England and landed at Boston in 1638, and his son Anthony was clerk of Suffield, CT, in 1674. The surname is very common in England as well as America; this Richard Austin was only one of a number of bearers who brought it to North America. — In 1821 Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), born in Austinville VA, founded the first Anglo colony in TX.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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John & Emma Grace Austin cabin in Lehi, Utah

This small one-room cabin is where John and Emma Grace and their nine children lived for the first year after they immigrated from Studham, England to Lehi, Utah in 1868. The city of Lehi restored thi …

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