Octavia Ann Lane

Brief Life History of Octavia Ann

When Octavia Ann Lane was born on 16 March 1814, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Ashbel Lane, was 28 and her mother, Anna Stannard, was 23. She married Julius Augustus Caesar Austin on 26 September 1835, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Davis, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 27 August 1863, in Centerville, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 49, and was buried in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Julius Augustus Caesar Austin
1810–1903
Octavia Ann Lane
1814–1863
Marriage: 26 September 1835
Louisa Maria Austin
1838–1927
Edwin Nelson Austin
1840–1920
Newton Francis Austin
1843–1922
Julia Ann Austin
1845–1845

Sources (20)

  • Octavia Austin in household of Julius A Austin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Octavia A. Lane, "Connecticut, Marriages, 1630-1997"
  • Octavia Ann Lane Austin, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .

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

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Octavia Ann Lane Austin

Our Pioneer Heritage, Vol. 3, p. 514 Octavia Ann was born March 16, 1814 at Suffield, Hartford county Connecticut, the second child and eldest daughter of Ashbel and Ann Stannard Lane. On September 1 …

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