Brief Life History of John
When John Ostler was born on 6 April 1809, in Charmouth, Dorset, England, United Kingdom, his father, Jonathan Ostler, was 28 and his mother, Ann Wakely, was 33. He married Sarah Endacott on 6 June 1830, in Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1861 and lived in Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Southampton St Michael, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. In 1830, at the age of 21, his occupation is listed as sailcloth weaver in Bridport, Dorset, England, United Kingdom. He died on 25 August 1869, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- John Baster, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- John, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Ostler, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an innkeeper, from Middle English (h)osteler (Old French (h)ostelier, an agent derivative of hostel, meaning a sizeable house in which guests could be lodged in separate rooms, derived from Late Latin hospitalis, from the genitive case of hospes ‘guest’). This term was at first applied to the secular officer in a monastery who was responsible for the lodging of visitors, but it was later extended to keepers of commercial hostelries, and this is probably the usual sense of the surname. Subsequently, the word came to mean ‘stableman; one who looked after horses’, but this was probably not the meaning at the time the surname was coined.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name formed with a cognate of Old High German ōst(an) (see Oest ). Later it was understood as someone coming from the east or settling to the east of the village.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A History of John Ostler and Sarah Endacott
John Ostler was born 9 January, 1809, to Jonathan and Ann Wakely Ostler. John was born in Charmouth, Dorsetshire, England. In 1819, John’s mother passed away and his father remarried. His father’s s …
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