Brief Life History of Arthur Thomas
When Arthur Thomas Ashton was born on 15 December 1901, in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States, his father, John C Ashton, was 29 and his mother, Edith Mabel Craw, was 19. He married Lillian E Pratt in 1922. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Malibu, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1921. He died on 26 March 1976, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Allen J Ashton, "United States Census, 1930"
- Arthur T Ashton, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Arthur Thomas Ashton, "North Carolina, First Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
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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