Brief Life History of John
When John Horton was born on 28 March 1835, in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Edmund Horton, was 26 and his mother, Maria Meades, was 21. He married Maria Wilkinson on 3 December 1864, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Rockport, Summit, Utah, United States for about 27 years. In 1855, at the age of 20, his occupation is listed as bricklayer in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom. He died on 3 December 1907, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wanship Cemetery, Wanship, Summit, Utah, United States.
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- John Horten in household of Edward Horten, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- John Horton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Hortin, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
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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.
1846
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Unorganized Federal Territory, United States 1854: Nebraska Territory, United States 1854: Washington, Nebraska Territory, United States 1856: Douglas, Nebraska Territory, United States 1867: Douglas, Nebraska, United States
1854 · St. George's Hall
In 1854, St. George's Hall was completed. The site that it sits on is were the Liverpool Infirmary was previously located. The hall was built for entertainment.
Name Meaning
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.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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JOHN HORTIN and MARIA WILKINSON
John Hortin was born 30 November 1835 at Leamington, Warwickshire, England, the son of Edmund Hortin and Maria Mead. He was the oldest child of his parents. He was twenty years old when his family emi …
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