Brief Life History of John Russell
When John Russell Houston Sr was born on 26 March 1896, in Hillsborough, Hillsborough Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States, his father, John Emannuel Houston, was 45 and his mother, Hannah M. Davis, was 36. He married Sarah Elizabeth Collins in 1918, in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Hillsborough Township, Somerset, New Jersey, United States in 1900 and Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years. He died on 28 May 1973, in East Orange, Essex, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 77.
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- John R Houston, "United States 1950 Census"
- John Russell Houston, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- John Houston, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1903
The Public Service Corporation (PSC) was formed on May 6, 1903. The company began as a merger of a power company with four different trolley companies. PSC would ultimately combine with over 400 other companies.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from the barony of Houston (Renfrewshire), from the genitive case of the personal name Hugh + Middle English, Older Scots ton ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’). The landlord in question was a certain Hugo de Paduinan, who held the place c. 1160. The Scottish surname is also common in Ulster.
Irish: variant of McCutcheon from Mac Uisdein or Mac Uistein.
History: In 1836 the newly founded city of Houston, TX, was named in honor of Sam Houston (1793–1863), soldier and statesman. As commander in chief of the Texan army he achieved Texas independence from Mexico by routing the army of the Mexican general Santa Anna. His ancestors were Ulster Scots who had emigrated to Philadelphia, PA, in the 18th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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