Delmar Ashton (1909 - 1995)

Born 4 Sep 1909 in New York, USA

Ancestors

Died 8 Mar 1995 at age 85 in Canton, St Lawrence, New York, USA

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Biography

Delmar was born about 1910. He is the son of William Ashton and Maud Thomas.

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Delmar passed away in 1995. His obituary, published in the Watertown Daily Times, said the following:

"Delmer D. Ashton, 85, Ashton Road, died Wednesday morning in Canton-Potsdam Hospital, Potsdam.

The funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Seymour Funeral Home, Potsdam, with the Rev. Neil Mclair, pastor of Parishville United Methodist Church, officiating. Spring burial will be in Chapel Hill Cemetery.

Calling hours are this evening and Friday afternoon and evening at the funeral home.

Surviving are two nephews, Robert E. Ashton, Piercefield, and Ricky Ashton, Arlington, Texas, and a niece, Mrs. Gerald (Nancy) York, Canton.

Two brothers, William and Robert A., died before him.

Born Sept. 4, 1909, in Parishville, a son of William and Maude Thomas Ashton, he served with the Army during World War II.

Mr. Ashton owned and operated a dairy farm on Ashton Road with his brother Robert for several years.

He was a member of St. Lawrence County Farm Bureau."^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5S2-VG6 : accessed 13 December 2015), Elmer D Ashton in household of William J Ashton, Parishville, Saint Lawrence, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 163, sheet 14A, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,375,088.
2. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9PW-315 : accessed 13 December 2015), Delmar Ashton, Parishville, St Lawrence, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 05, line 48, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVSS-GJH : accessed 13 December 2015), Delmar Ashton in entry for William Ashton, 1920.
4. ↑ "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9YQ-PHG : accessed 13 December 2015), Delman Ashton, Parishville, A.D. 02, E.D. 01, St Lawrence, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 21, line 37, New York State Archives, Albany.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X4T2-2JQ : accessed 13 December 2015), Delmer Ashton in entry for William Ashton, 1930.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQYL-BQ7 : accessed 13 December 2015), Delmer D Ashton in household of William J Ashton, Parishville Town, St. Lawrence, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-94, sheet 5B, family 87, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2771.
7. ↑ "Watertown Daily Times", New York, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com/doc/obituaries/obit/104495294A7D01E0-104495294A7D01E0 : accessed 12 December 2015) DELMER ASHTON DIES IN POTSDAM AT AGE 85