Brief Life History of Charles Ashton
When Charles Ashton Nye was born on 17 December 1842, in Tonbridge, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Nye, was 35 and his mother, Charlotte Emline Osborne, was 25. He married Lucinda Catherine Bingham on 2 August 1875, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Portland, Victoria, Australia in 1852 and lived in Hadlow, Kent, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Wasatch, Utah, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1906. In 1900, at the age of 58, his occupation is listed as day laborer in Mountain Dell, Uintah, Utah, United States. He died on 3 February 1918, in Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Maeser Fairview Cemetery, Vernal, Uintah, Utah, United States.
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Sources (35)
- Charles A. Nye, "United States Census, 1900"
- Charles Nyte in entry for Richard Nyte and Helen Hall, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Charles Ashton Nye in entry for Katie Nye Hodgkinson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"
Spouse and Children
1842–1918 Male
1854–1918 Female
Children (11)
1876–1895 Male
1878–1878 Male
1879–1966 Female
1881–1976 Female
1883–1886 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1807–1868 Male
1817–1895 Female
Siblings (7)
1835–1909 Male
1837–1896 Female
1840–1916 Male
1842–1918 Male
1845–1903 Male
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 4
1848 · The California Gold Rush
Age 6
1862
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (southern): from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’), becoming atte nye. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Nye in Winscombe, Somerset.
English: alternatively, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ee ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa ‘river’), becoming atte nee. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived near a river, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Neigh Bridge in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 聶, see Nie 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography - John Nye (by his granddaughter)
John Nye, Senior My grandfather, John Nye, was born July 12, 1807 in Tunbridge, Kent, England. He was the son of John Nye and Ann Randall Hessiman. He married Charlotte Osborn in Parish of Waterinb …
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