Hannah Appleton was born in May 1853, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. She married Frank Strupel on 22 September 1885, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 14 January 1932, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in New St. Marcus Cemetery, Affton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.
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English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England named Appleton, from Old English æppeltūn ‘orchard’ (literally ‘apple enclosure’). Apples were particularly important in the Middle Ages as a food for survival through the winter.
History: This surname was brought to North America in 1635 by Samuel Appleton, who migrated from Ipswich, England, to Ipswich, MA.
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