Brief Life History of Ellen Matilda
When Ellen Matilda Ash was born on 28 October 1854, in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Ash Jr, was 34 and her mother, Sophia Edwards, was 25. She married Brigham Williamson Nelson on 1 January 1875, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Newton, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and United States in 1949. She died on 11 April 1954, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- Ellen Peterson, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ellen Ash, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Ash Peterson, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
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1859 · Logan is Founded
"\""During the end of April, David Reese and his company settled the land north of the Logan River. That area was the second permanent settlement in Cache Valley and the future location of Logan. The city's boundary was drawn by Logan's first bishop, Jesse W. Fox, a government engineer. The name \""\""Logan\""\"" comes from a trapper that used to frequent the area before the pioneers came to the valley.\"""
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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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Ellen Ash Peterson, Autobiography
I, Ellen Ash Peterson, was born in Birmingham, England, on October 28, 1854, the daughter of John Ash and Sophia Edwards Ash. My father and mother became acquainted with some of the Mormon Elders lab …
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