Brief Life History of Mary Ann
When Mary Ann Ashdown was born on 15 October 1852, in Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, Richard Ashdown Sr., was 38 and her mother, Ann Burgess, was 31. She married Henry Garrett on 6 March 1870, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Farnham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 24 February 1921, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Mary A Ashbourne in household of Richard Ashbourne, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Mary Ann Ashdown | Birth listed on her LDS Membership Record #2485
- Mary Ann Ashdown Garrett, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
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World Events (8)
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.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, named in Old English with æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ + dūn ‘hill’. Perhaps also occasionally from Ashdown in Lenham, Kent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life History of Henry Garrett - Written by Elizabeth A. Garrett Atkinson, July, 1948
Henry Garrett was born January 17th, 1846, in Willenhall. Warwickshire. England, the son of William Garrett and Maria Maycock. While a young man in England, he helped his father and older brothers ma …
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