Ann Houghton

Brief Life History of Ann

When Ann Houghton was born on 14 September 1832, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Frederick Houghton, was 36 and her mother, Amelia Brown, was 32. She married Thomas Gunn on 26 February 1855, in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in London St Bartholomew the Great, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Adamsville, Beaver, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 July 1914, in Beaver, Utah, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Beaver, Beaver, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Gunn
1829–1891
Ann Houghton
1832–1914
Marriage: 26 February 1855
Frederick Thomas Gunn
1856–1938
Amelia Mary Ann Gunn
1858–1860
Emily Jane Gunn
1860–1933
Albert George Gunn
1862–1863
Horace Newell Gunn
1864–1865
Annie Eliza Gunn
1866–1957
Mary Ellen Gunn
1868–1904
Lois Rebecca Gunn
1871–1943
Alice Caroline Gunn
1873–1959

Sources (26)

  • Ann Houghton in household of Frederick Houghton, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Ann Houghton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Ann Houghton Gunn, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1834 · Removal of Menagerie from the Tower of London

The royal menagerie was something more of a zoo with different types of animals and was removed from the tower in 1835.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1855 · London's First Pillar Box

The pillar box is a form of mailbox. Until 1855, people would have to walk the distance to go to the post office in order to send mail.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from any of numerous places called Houghton or Hoghton. Most of the placenames derive from Old English hōh ‘heel, spur of land’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some have different etymologies; for example, Little Houghton in Eccles (Lancashire), which derives from Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’ + tūn, and Houghton in Bigbury (Devon), which may derive from an Old English personal name Huhha + Old English tūn.

variant of Haughton .

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

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