Brief Life History of Henry Lindsay
When Henry Lindsay Ashton was born on 16 September 1888, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, his father, Edward Treharne Ashton, was 33 and his mother, Cora May Lindsay, was 23. He married Genevieve Nielson on 24 December 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 27 August 1960, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Henry Lindsay Ashton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Henry L. Ashton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Henry Lindsey Ashton, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1890
Death by suicide of van Gogh.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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Ashton Homes on Capitol Hill
These two homes were among the first to be built on Capitol Hill (about 1914) by Edward T. Ashton. The homes have the same design, but the one to the north is bigger with an additional floor. Effie a …
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