Brief Life History of Henry Francis
When Henry Francis Marston was born about 1828, in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Marston, was 33 and his mother, Mary Ann Smith, was 30. He married Mary Emma Clark about 1845, in Newport, Wales, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cache Creek Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1860 and Yolo, Yolo, California, United States in 1880. He died on 5 January 1894, in Woodland, Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Marys Cemetery, Yolo, Yolo, California, United States.
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- H Marsden, "United States Census, 1860"
- Henry F Marston, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Henry F. Marston, "California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1831 · Merthyr Uprising
Sparked by a depression that was going through Wales the previous three years, the Merthyr uprisings were carried out by workers that were in debt. In the process, twenty-four people were killed and twenty-six were arrested. Troops were brought in to stop the protestors.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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