John Thomas Ashton

BASE RECORD

• Birth date           1859 at Ashton-on-Mersey
• Christening         13 February 1859 at St Martin’s Church Ashton-on-Mersey
• Marriage              14 July 1878 to Emily Johnson daughter of James Johnson of Altrincham at St John’s Deansgate, Manchester
• Death date          2 August 1910
• Burial                  5 August 1910 at Bowdon

Son of Thomas Ashton, grocer, and his wife Ellen. Trained as a surveyor (in Manchester?)

Married in July 1878 to Emily Johnson when aged 19. Children – Thomas (born 1879, qv), Ethel (born 1882 married Walter Leigh in 1922); Hilda (born 1884, died 1885) Ada Ellen (born 1886); Mary Lillian (born 1890); Gertrude Emily (born 1891). Emily died in 1898.

1902        Chairman Altrincham District Council (due to retire April 1905)
1903        JP (Cheshire Observer 3 January 1903)

Address
1896             John T Ashton, architect, 1 Market street, Altrincham (Kelly)
1902             John T Ashton, architect, Market street, Altrincham (Kelly)
1906-1910    John T Ashton, architect, 7 Market street, Altrincham (Kelly)

Residence
1861             Stockport Road, Altrincham (Census)
1878             Manchester (parish of St John)
1879             John Thomas Ashton, architect and surveyor, 16 Enville Terrace, Altrincham
1881-1884    16, Byrom Street, Altrincham (Census) - surveyor
1886-1890    2 Claremont Place Ashley Road Peel Causeway (baptism record) – architect and surveyor
1902             Lilac Cottage Ashley Road, Hale
1910             Redcot, Barkers Lane, Ashton-on-Mersey (probate)