Brief Life History of Mary Jane
When Mary Jane Ashby was born on 20 October 1841, in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nathaniel Ashby, was 36 and her mother, Susan Hammond, was 33. She married George Ammon Stringham on 3 March 1858, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States in 1900 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910. She died on 30 July 1912, in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Jane Ashby in household of Varney Thornton, "United States Census, 1900"
- Utah, Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
- Mary A Stringham, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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John Albert Stringham by Corinne Stratton Stout
John was the fourth child of fourteen children. His parents were George Ammon Stringham and Mary Jane Ashby who came to Utah in 1848 with the Mormon Pioneer groups. John's father, George was te …
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