Brief Life History of Ellen
When Ellen Rushton was born on 6 December 1803, in Stodday, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Rushton, was 33 and her mother, Alice Billington, was 29. She married Thomas Simpson on 28 March 1825, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Cockerham, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom in 1803. She died on 22 August 1868, in Halliwell, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 64, and was buried in Astley Bridge, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom.
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- Ellen Gairnston in household of Thomas Gairnston, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Ellen Rushton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Ellen Rushton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1815
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1823
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Rishton (Lancashire) and Rushton (Staffordshire), and perhaps also from Rushton (Cheshire, Northamptonshire), Rushton in East Stoke (Dorset), and Rhiston (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English risc ‘rush’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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