Hannah Ashton

Brief Life History of Hannah

When Hannah Ashton was born on 23 February 1840, in Newton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Ashton Jr., was 25 and her mother, Alice Higginbotham, was 25. She married Edward Franklin Cox on 13 March 1856, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 14 February 1894, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Franklin Cox
1836–1922
Hannah Ashton
1840–1894
Marriage: 13 March 1856
Edward Franklin Cox Jr
1857–1931
Alice Hannah Cox
1859–1920
Daniel Cox
1861–1862
Joseph Richard Cox
1862–1862
Mary Jane Cox
1866–1951
Rosa Cox
1868–1916
William Ashton Cox
1871–1927
James Thomas Cox
1873–1875
Ida Elizabeth Cox
1876–1955
Maud Cox
1881–1962

Sources (37)

  • Hannah Cox in household of Edward Cox, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Hannah Ashton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Hannah A Cox, "BillionGraves Index"

World Events (8)

1843

Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.

1850

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

1859 · Lancashire Rifle Volunteers

The Lancashire Rifle Volunteers started in the eighteenth century. Those that fought in the militia were selected by ballot. They were formed because of threat due to the Revolutionary War and the Napoleonic War.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places so called, especially Ashton-under-Lyne near Manchester. Most are named from Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + tūn ‘settlement’; the one in Northamptonshire is (æt thǣm) æscum ‘(at the) ash trees’. Others have been assimilated to this from different sources. The one in Devon is ‘the settlement (tūn) of Æschere’, while the one in Hertfordshire is ‘the settlement of Ælli’.

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

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Story Highlight

TIMELINE for the lives & times of EDWARD FRANKLIN COX, SENIOR (1836-1922) and his two wives HANNAH ASHTON (1840-1894) and ANNIE HUGHES (1851-1932), written in August 2017 by Victor John Austin, great grandson of Edward & Hannah

5 Oct 1836Mary Ann Frampton Cox gives birth to a boy. She and her husband Daniel William Cox name him Edward Franklin Cox. Edward is the fifth child of the couple. The Coxes live in the village of …

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