Brief Life History of Caroline
When Caroline Garston was born on 2 September 1819, in Shucknall, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Garston, was 45 and her mother, Anne Jones, was 38. She married George Williams on 16 April 1840, in Westhide, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1856 and lived in Cheadle Bulkeley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. She died on 18 May 1879, in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Lewiston, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Caroline Blakely, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Caroline Garstone, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Caroline Garstone, "BillionGraves Index"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor
The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.
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.
Name Meaning
(2010: NA)
English (Flintshire and Lancashire):
habitational name from Garston in Lancashire, a placename meaning ‘the great stone’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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