Conway Alan Ashton

Brief Life History of Conway Alan

When Conway Alan Ashton was born on 18 February 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Elias Conway Ashton, was 33 and his mother, Rosabel Hall, was 26. He married Emma Rae McKay on 16 August 1939, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Scotland, United Kingdom in 2009. He died on 4 August 2009, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Conway Alan Ashton
1913–2009
Emma Rae McKay
1913–2006
Marriage: 16 August 1939
Emma Louise Ashton
1950–2024
Emma Louise Ashton
1950–2024
Emma Louise Ashton
1950–2024
Emma Louise Ashton
Emma Louise Ashton

Sources (32)

  • Conway A Ashton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Conway Ashton, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Conway Allen Ashton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1919 · Battle of George Square

A few months after the ending of World War I, a violent confrontation arose between the Glasgow City Police and workers on strike. There were no fatalities in the skirmish, and it caused the work week to be reduced to 40 hours. But, In the aftermath the leaders of the strike were arrested and British troops were moved to Glasgow and its surrounding areas.

1938 · The Empire Exhibition, Scotland is held at Bellahouston Park, Glasgow.

The Empire Exhibition was an international exposition held from May to December 1938 and offered a chance to showcase and boost the economy of Scotland. It also marked fifty years since Glasgow's first great exhibition held in 1888.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester. Most are named from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + tūn ‘settlement’; the one in Northamptonshire is (æt thǣm) æscum ‘(at the) ash trees’. Others have been assimilated to this from different sources. The one in Devon is ‘the settlement (tūn) of Æschere’, while the one in Hertfordshire is ‘the settlement of Ælli’.

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

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From a Mission Companion

Elder Ashton was a great mission friend to my grandfather, Elder Max Rulon Openshaw. Elder Openshaw often spoke in his mission journal of how well the got along and the good talks they had while servi …

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