When Ann Shelton was born on 20 February 1817, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Shelton, was 26 and her mother, Mary Cooper, was 27. She married Joseph Howard on 24 November 1842, in Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Aston, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died on 8 October 1864, in Bitter Creek, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Bitter Creek, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States.
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English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name primarily from Shelton (Nottinghamshire), but also from Shelton (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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Ann Shelton was born 20 Feb. 1817 in Rock Hill, Worcestershire, England to Joseph and Mary Cooper Shelton. Joseph and Mary Shelton had four children with only two reaching adulthood. Ann was the third …
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