Brief Life History of Milton Pettit
When Milton Pettit Ashton was born on 2 October 1904, in Forest Dale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Brigham Willard Ashton, was 46 and his mother, Mary Alice Pettit, was 40. He married Ann Howe on 21 June 1928, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930. He died on 20 October 1949, in North Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Murray Cemetery, Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Milton P. Ashton in household of Brigham W. Ashton, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Milton Pettet Ashton, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Milton Pettit Ashton, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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World Events (8)
1906
Proclamation against Díaz issued by the liberals in St. Louis, Missouri.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
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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