Brief Life History of Lisle Francis
When Lisle Francis Ashton was born on 7 September 1919, in Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States, his father, Henry Lindsay Ashton, was 30 and his mother, Genevieve Nielson, was 22. He married Arveda Fay Hoxsie on 7 September 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1930 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 25 October 1993, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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Sources (26)
- Lisle Ashton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Lysle Francis Ashton, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
- Lisle Francis Ashton, "BillionGraves Index"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1923 · President Harding visits Utah to get to know the people.
President Warren G. Harding's visited Utah as part of a broader tour of the western United States designed to bring him closer to the people and their conditions. After Speaking at Liberty Park, the president went to the Hotel Utah where he met with President Heber J. Grant and talked to him about the history of the church.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
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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Interview of Lisle Francis Ashton by his nephew Arden Ashton Jr
This is an interview with Lisle Ashton on December 19, 1991. He was talking about his parents. Lisle Francis Ashton, Arveda Fay Hoxsie, Arden Lindsay Ashton Jr and Lorraine Morton Ashton were present …
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