Joseph William Salisbury Ash

Brief Life History of Joseph William Salisbury

When Joseph William Salisbury Ash was born on 20 June 1836, in Frampton, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Joseph Ash, was 53 and his mother, Frances Salisbury, was 24. He married Eliza Richards on 16 April 1867, in Brixton, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Toller Porcorum, Dorset, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 2 November 1901, in Lindon, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph William Salisbury Ash
1836–1901
Emma Gardiner
1849–1877
Marriage: 3 November 1873
Eliza Gardiner Ash
1874–1951
Joseph Gardiner Ash
1876–1906
Charles Gardiner Ash
1877–1877

Sources (38)

  • Joseph Salisbury in household of Joseph Salisbury, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Joseph Salisbury, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Joseph Salisbury, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

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World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1849

Historical Boundaries: 1849: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Utah, Utah, United States

1854 · The Crimean War

The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).

Americanized form of German Asch and Esch , the latter ultimately also of Swiss German origin (see Oesch ).

Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dufresne , with the same meaning as 1 above.

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

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Eliza Richards Utah Pioneer

Eliza Richards b. 22 September 1828, d. June 1872 Charts Descendants of James Salisbury Birth* 22 September 1828 Eliza Richards was born on 22 September 1828 at Winterbourne, Dorset.1 Marriage* …

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