Brief Life History of William
When William Ashcroft was born on 14 November 1849, in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States, his father, John Ashcroft, was 35 and his mother, Ann Jenkins, was 29. He married Lovice Angelina Espesia Roberds on 18 October 1875, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Chino, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1880 and Temescal Judicial Township, Riverside, California, United States in 1900. He died on 18 May 1901, in Corona, Riverside, California, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Corona, Riverside, California, United States.
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- William Ashcroft, "United States Census, 1880"
- William Ashcroft, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- William H Ashcroft, "BillionGraves Index"
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1850 · California Is Admitted to Union
California was admitted into the Union on September 9, 1850, and became the 31st state.
1853
Historical Boundaries: 1853: San Bernardino, California, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from Agecroft in Pendlebury, Lancashire. It could also be a topographic name from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ + croft ‘enclosure’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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