When Edmund Horton was born on 13 December 1808, in Brailes, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Stephen Hortin, was 37 and his mother, Esther Webb, was 31. He married Maria Meades on 7 December 1834, in Whitnash, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and lived in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States in 1880. In 1860, at the age of 52, his occupation is listed as farmer in Rockport, Summit, Utah, United States. He died on 2 September 1886, in Peoa, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Wanship Cemetery, Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States.
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English (Staffordshire and Warwickshire): habitational name from one or other of the many places so called, such as those in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Wiltshire, and Yorkshire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English horh or horu ‘dirt, filth’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, though some may have different origins, including Horton in Gloucestershire, which may derive from Old English heorot ‘hart, stag’ + tūn.
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Possible Related NamesTHE LIFE HISTORY OF EDMUND HORTIN 1808 – 1886 Edmund Hortin was born in Brailes, Warwickshire, England on the 13th day of December 1808. He was the sixth child of Stephen Hortin and Esther Webb. Gran …
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