Brief Life History of Thomas John
When Thomas John Marston was born in 1848, in England, United Kingdom, his father, Henry Francis Marston, was 21 and his mother, Mary Emma Clark, was 24. He lived in Cache Creek Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1860. He died on 10 November 1902, in Georgetown, El Dorado, California, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery, Greenwood, El Dorado, California, United States.
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- Thomas Marsden in household of H Marsden, "United States Census, 1860"
- Thomas Marsden, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Thomas John Marston, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1848 · The California Gold Rush
On January 24, 1848, gold was found at Sutter’s Mill in Coloma, California, which began the California gold rush. In December of that same year, U.S. President James Polk announced the news to Congress. The news of gold lured thousands of “forty-niners” seeking fortune to California during 1849. Approximately 300,000 people relocated to California from all over the world during the gold rush years. It is estimated that the mined gold was worth tens of billions in today’s U.S. dollars.
1850
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Hiram Gates BIRTH 11 Aug 1802 Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada DEATH Sep 1850 (aged 48) Greenwood, El Dorado County, California, USA BURIAL Greenwood Pioneer Cemetery Greenwood, El Dorado County, California, USA PLOT Grave location unknown MEMORIAL ID 188544465 · View Source
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from one or other of the numerous places called Marston or Merston, in counties including Bedfordshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Sussex, and Worcestershire. Most of the placenames derive from Old English mersc ‘marsh’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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