Mary Astle

Brief Life History of Mary

When Mary Astle was born on 16 March 1837, in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Francis Astle, was 27 and her mother, Felicia Raynor, was 22. She married William Thomas Severn on 29 May 1856, in Atlantic Ocean. She lived in England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States in 1880. She died on 6 August 1898, at the age of 61, and was buried in Montpelier, Bear Lake, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Thomas Severn
1836–1925
Mary Astle
1837–1898
Marriage: 29 May 1856

Sources (16)

  • Mary Severns in household of William Severns, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Mary Astle, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
  • Mary A Severn, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a place in Cheshire called Astle, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + hyll ‘hill’. There may also have been some confusion with Asthall and Astley . Or occasionally this may be a topographic name denoting residence on an ‘east hill’ (from Middle English ast + hill or hull), i.e. a hill to the east of a settlement.

English: perhaps also a habitational name from Astwell, Northamptonshire, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + wielle ‘spring’.

English: habitational name from Asthall, Oxfordshire, from Old English ēast ‘east’ + halh ‘nook’.

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

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Story Highlight

Mary Astle Severn and Edward Martin Company (1856)

https://history.lds.org/overlandtravel/companies/192/edward-martin-company-1856. Severn, Mary Astle Birth Date: 16 March 1837 Death Date: 6 August 1898 Traveled in Edward Martin Company (1856), Ag …

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