Isaac Anderton

Brief Life History of Isaac

When Isaac Anderton was born on 4 February 1817, in Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Isaac Anderton, was 37 and his mother, Sarah Horton Law, was 34. He married Alice Parker on 26 December 1840, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. In 1861, at the age of 44, his occupation is listed as grocer and gardner . He died on 3 July 1887, in Henefer, Summit, Utah, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Croydon Cemetery, Croydon, Morgan, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Anderton
1817–1887
Alice Parker
1821–1894
Marriage: 26 December 1840
William Anderton
1843–
John Anderton
1847–1892
Isaac W Anderton
1849–1925
Ann Maria Anderton
1849–1852
Isaiah Anderton
1856–1924
Charles Henry Anderton
1859–1921

Sources (20)

  • Isaac Anderton, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
  • Isaac Anderton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Isaac Anderton, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "

World Events (8)

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

1833 · The Factory Act Restricts Child Labor

The Factory Act restricted the hours women and children could work in textile mills. No child under the age of 9 were allowed to work, and children ages 9-13 could not work longer than 9 hours per day. Children up to the age of 13 were required to receive at least two hours of schooling, six days per week.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the three places so named, in Cheshire, Lancashire, and Devon. Those in Cheshire and Lancashire are named with the personal name Ēanrēd (Old English) or Eindrithi (Old Norse) + Old English tūn ‘settlement’. The Devon placename, recorded as Underdon in 1270, means ‘below the down’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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