Jedidiah Lewis Ashton

Brief Life History of Jedidiah Lewis

When Jedidiah Lewis Ashton was born on 15 January 1899, in Forest Dale, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Brigham Willard Ashton, was 40 and his mother, Mary Alice Pettit, was 34. He married Anona Eliza Judd on 22 May 1923, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Tyhee, Bannock, Idaho, United States in 1950 and World for about 5 years. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 21 December 1993, in Eagle River, Anchorage, Alaska, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jedidiah Lewis Ashton
1899–1993
Anona Eliza Judd
1905–1992
Marriage: 22 May 1923
Lewis Judd Ashton
1923–1924
Jed L Ashton
1925–2003
Bertha Marie Ashton
1926–1927
Robert Sidney Ashton
1928–1929
Marve J Ashton
1930–1932
Val George Ashton
1933–2006
Don Lamar Ashton
1935–2018
Joy Ann Ashton
1937–2023

Sources (92)

  • Jed L Ashton, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Jedidiah L Ashton, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Jed L Ashton, "Washington, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

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

Jed "L" Ashton Life History (as narrated by himself - recorded by Pamela Ashton May)

PREFACE Many years ago, I asked Dad to write his life history. I even gave him a book to do it in. I’m sure he must have thought me a nut case, especially since he didn’t even write letters. I felt …

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