Sarah Ellen Ashton

Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen

When Sarah Ellen Ashton was born on 8 July 1846, in Stockport, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Ashton, was 24 and her mother, Sarah Ann Barlow, was 23. She married Thomas Wesley Beckstead on 30 January 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She immigrated to Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1856 and lived in South Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1880 and Oneida, Idaho, United States in 1910. In 1870, at the age of 24, her occupation is listed as 1870 us census, keep house in West Jordan, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 18 January 1912, in Whitney, Franklin, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Whitney Cemetery, Franklin, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Wesley Beckstead
1833–1893
Sarah Ellen Ashton
1846–1912
Marriage: 30 January 1864
William Albert Beckstead
1865–1952
Amasa Beckstead
1867–1931
Loretta Beckstead
1868–1908
Sidney Marcus Beckstead
1871–1934
Alexander Ornal Beckstead
1871–1929
Mary Ada Beckstead
1872–1943
Harriett Vernita Beckstead
1875–1876
Walter LeRoy Beckstead
1877–1878
Olive Ann Beckstead
1879–1880
Estella Beckstead
1881–1950
Sarah Alberta Beckstead
1883–1883

Sources (46)

  • Sarah Ashton in household of William Ashton, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Sarah Ashton, United Kingdom General Register Office birth registration
  • Sarah Ellen Ashton, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"

World Events (8)

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Davis, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Davis, Utah, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

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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Story Highlight

The Deaths of Elizabeth, Betsy, Baby Sarah and Sarah Ann Barlow Ashton; 1856 Martin Handcart Company

The Book, "Our Pioneer Heritage" published by Daughters of the Utah Pioneers in 1973 and compiled by Kate Carter, reports on the death of Betsey. It includes a sentence about the death of Elizabeth As …

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