Houghton Surname Project

(?) Houghton

M, #94501, b. circa 1879

Father*: Parson Houghton

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Birth

circa 1879

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J. Wesley Houghton¹

M, #94502

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Occupation

Ogdensburg, NY, USA

Newspaper

Oct 23, 1885

Utica, Oneida Co., NY, USA, An Embezzling Bookkeeper. October 24, 1885, Wednesday

UTICA, N.Y., Oct. 23.--J. Wesley Houghton, bookkeeper for L. McGillis, a furniture dealer, of Ogdensburg, has been arrested for embezzlement. The thefts were concealed in a false footings in the ledger. The descrepancy, as far as ascertained, amounts to $3000. Houghton was a respected and trusted citizen and his arrest has caused a sensation.¹

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embezzlement

Research

NY, USA

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Citations

[S95] Newspaper, NY Times Archives: Oct 24, 1885.

George A. Cierry¹

M, #94503

Family: Mary Ruth Houghton b. 13 Nov 1879

Marriage*: George A. Cierry married Mary Ruth Houghton, daughter of Frank Wilbur Houghton and Mary Julia Balch.¹

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Marriage

Residence

1914

Ironwood, MI, USA¹

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Citations

[S1383] Ellis Baker Usher, Wisconsin, p. 1036.

(?) Houghton¹

F, #94504

Family: Fisher M. Rice b. 6 Dec 1819

Marriage*: (?) Houghton married Fisher M. Rice.¹

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Citations

[S1384] Alvah Bradish, Memoirs of Doughlass Houghton, p. 3.

Harvey A. Houghton

M, #94505

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Author

1987

University of Michigan, MI, USA, Title     The Psychology of Illustration: Basic research
Authors     Harvey A. Houghton, Dale M. Willows
Editors     Harvey A. Houghton, Dale M. Willows
Contributor     Harvey A. Houghton
Edition     illustrated
Publisher     Springer-Verlag, 1987
Item notes     v. 1
Original from     the University of Michigan
Digitized     Nov 8, 2007

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Bertha Houghton¹

F, #94506, b. 28 March 1875, d. 26 November 1958

Father*: Franklin Haughton¹ b. 1851, d. 1935
Mother*: Antonette Warren¹ b. 1855, d. 1886

Family: Frederick A. Purchas b. 12 May 1873, d. 4 Aug 1951

Marriage*: Bertha Houghton married Frederick A. Purchas.

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Birth

Mar 28, 1875

Solon, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Death

Nov 26, 1958

NY, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Dec. 10, 1885.

(?) Houghton¹

F, #94507

Father*: Franklin Haughton¹ b. 1851, d. 1935
Mother*: Antonette Warren¹ b. 1855, d. 1886

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Dec. 10, 1885.

J. Chandler Houghton¹

M, #94508

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Newspaper

Nov 28, 1888

Auburn, Cayuga Co., NY, USA, a special agent for the Treasurer Dept; first witness vs. an opium smuggler; he arrested him when he found 780 lbs of opium in his trunk¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Nov 28, 1888.

Jane Mills Yates¹

F, #94509

Family: Dr. Edward Houghton Janes MD b. 3 Oct 1820, d. 13 Mar 1893

Marriage*: Jane Mills Yates married Dr. Edward Houghton Janes MD on 1860.¹

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Marriage

1860

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Mar 13 1893.

Martha Janes¹

F, #94510, b. circa 1862

Father*: Dr. Edward Houghton Janes MD¹ b. 3 Oct 1820, d. 13 Mar 1893
Mother*: Jane Mills Yates¹

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Birth

circa 1862

NY, USA¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Mar 13 1893.

Edward F. Janes¹

M, #94511

Father*: Dr. Edward Houghton Janes MD¹ b. 3 Oct 1820, d. 13 Mar 1893
Mother*: Jane Mills Yates¹

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Birth

NY, USA¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Mar 13 1893.

Elisha Harris Janes¹

M, #94512

Father*: Dr. Edward Houghton Janes MD¹ b. 3 Oct 1820, d. 13 Mar 1893
Mother*: Jane Mills Yates¹

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Birth

NY, USA¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Mar 13 1893.

Beverly A. Keister¹

F, #94513, b. 18 September 1944

Family: John Darrell Houghton b. 23 Sep 1934, d. 21 Oct 2014

Marriage*: Beverly A. Keister married John Darrell Houghton, son of John Cunningham Houghton Jr and Ruby Ardell Tuttle, on circa 1964.¹

John Vincent Houghton+¹ b. 28 Jun 1965
Joseph Andrew Houghton+¹ b. 3 Aug 1967
Christopher P. Houghton¹ b. 4 Sep 1968

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Birth

Sep 18, 1944

Peoria, Peoria Co., IL, USA¹

Marriage

circa 1964

Living

2014

Springfield, MO, USA

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

Carmina Anne Houghton¹

F, #94514, b. 16 February 1999

Father*: John Vincent Houghton¹ b. 28 Jun 1965
Mother*: Susan Jennifer McDermott¹ b. 29 Dec 1962

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Birth

Feb 16, 1999

Cleveland Co., OK, USA¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

Christina Lynn Loveless¹

F, #94515

Family: Joseph Andrew Houghton b. 3 Aug 1967

Marriage*: Christina Lynn Loveless married Joseph Andrew Houghton, son of John Darrell Houghton and Beverly A. Keister, on Jan 8, 1994 at Tulsa Co., OK, USA.¹

Andrew Tucker Houghton¹ b. 10 Jan 1995
Emilee Grace Houghton¹ b. 3 Mar 1997
John Tristan Houghton¹ b. 31 Mar 2000
Christopher Emerson Houghton¹ b. 23 Jan 2007

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Marriage

Jan 8, 1994

Tulsa Co., OK, USA¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

Andrew Tucker Houghton¹

M, #94516, b. 10 January 1995

Father*: Joseph Andrew Houghton¹ b. 3 Aug 1967
Mother*: Christina Lynn Loveless¹

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Birth

Jan 10, 1995

Tulsa Co., OK, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

Emilee Grace Houghton¹

F, #94517, b. 3 March 1997

Father*: Joseph Andrew Houghton¹ b. 3 Aug 1967
Mother*: Christina Lynn Loveless¹

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Birth

Mar 3, 1997

Tulsa Co., OK, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

John Tristan Houghton¹

M, #94518, b. 31 March 2000

Father*: Joseph Andrew Houghton¹ b. 3 Aug 1967
Mother*: Christina Lynn Loveless¹

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Birth

Mar 31, 2000

Harris Co., TX, USA¹

Pedigree

Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

Christopher Emerson Houghton¹

M, #94519, b. 23 January 2007

Father*: Joseph Andrew Houghton¹ b. 3 Aug 1967
Mother*: Christina Lynn Loveless¹

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Birth

Jan 23, 2007

Harris Co., TX, USA¹

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Citations

[S415] E-mail from John Vincent Houghton, July 5, 2009.

Harry D. Houghton¹

M, #94520, b. circa 1871

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Birth

circa 1871

Newspaper

Aug 24, 1894

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, NY Times: HIS VANITY CAUSED HIS ARREST; Petty Check Swindler Houghton Now Regrets Sitting for His Picture.
August 24, 1894, Wednesday

After posing fastidiously before the camera of Photographer Joseph Hall, at Broadway and Thirty-fourth Street, July 28, and ordering two dozen pictures, price $8, a smirk, fair-spoken young man offered a check for $15 on the Fourteenth Street Bank to the photographer. Mr. Hall did not have $7 at hand, but he took the fifteendollar check and gave his own check for $7 on the Brooklyn Bank to his smoothspoken young customer...Harry D. Houghton, alias Frank E. Ward, age twenty three...petty check swindler¹

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forger

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Aug 24, 1894.

George Houghton¹

M, #94521

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Note

Nov 16, 1871

NJ, USA, He robbed the First National Bank of Jamesburg, NJ; and was sent to prison for 10 years¹

Newspaper

Oct 25, 1894

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Not a Release, Says the Recorder; How Sentence Was Suspended in the Case of Burglar Houghton.

October 25, 1894, Wednesday

George Houghton, a bank burglar, on Nov. 16, 1871, plundered the First National Bank of Jamesburg, Middlesex County, N.J., and was sent to prison for ten years. On March, 1891, when convicted of carrying burglars' tools in this city, constituting a second offense, because of the conviction in New-Jersey, he was released from custody by Recorder Smyth, who suspended sentence...¹

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bank robber

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Oct 25, 1894.

Robert Houghton¹

M, #94522

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Origin

1894

Canada

Residence

Apr, 1895

Fargo, ND, USA¹

Newspaper

Apr 15, 1895

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, NY Times: Four Persons Burned to Death.
Fargo, N.D., April 14.
The burning of a small dwelling five miles north of Fargo early this morining was accompanied by the loss of four lives, the victims being members of the family of Robert Houghton, who came from Canada a year ago. Four grown children jumped from an upper window and escaped with only a few bruises. Houghton's wife and three children, aged six, eight, and ten years, were burned to death.¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: April 15, 1895.

Royal E. Houghton¹

M, #94523

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Newspaper

Jan 11, 1896

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Said to be a college graduate; Royal E. Houghton Left an Unpaid Board Bill, but Took His Neighbor's Clothes -- Held for Trial.

January 11, 1896, Wednesday

A young man who gave his name as Royal E. Houghton, and his address as 244 West Thirty-fourth Street, was arrested Thursday night on the complaint of William A. Wright of the same address on a charge of larceny.¹

Newspaper

Jan 12, 1896

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Two "Royal E. Houghtons"; One is in jail and the other is indignant. Mr. Houghton No. 1 Reads of Mr. Houghton No. 2 and Visits Him in Jail -- A Cool Reception.
January 12, 1896, Wednesday

In a room on the top floor of 103 West Thirty-eighth Street sat a tall, handsome man yesterday morning; reading his copy of THE NEW-YORK TIMES after breakfast. His name was Royal E. Houghton, and he is a gentleman of leisure, enjoying life on a comfortable income.²

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Black Sheep

theft

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Citations

[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Jan 11, 1896.
[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Jan 12, 1896.

Charles H. Houghton¹

M, #94524

Family:

Royal E. Houghton¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Jan 12, 1896.

Royal E. Houghton¹

M, #94525

Father*: Charles H. Houghton¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Jan 12, 1896.

E. B. Houghton¹

M, #94526

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Birth

New York, New York Co., NY, USA¹

Newspaper

Oct 8, 1898

Columbus, Franklin Co., OH, USA, AFTER AN ERRING FATHER; E.B. Houghton of New York Finds His Parent Wasting Money in Columbus, Ohio.
October 8, 1898, Wednesday

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 7. -- E.B. Houghton of New York City called at Police Headquarters this afternoon and asked the Chief to detail an officer to watch his father, who came here several days ago with a check for $1,500. He wanted the police to order his parent out of town, as he feared he might fall into bad hands with so much money on his person.¹

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[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Oct 8, 1898.

Katherine Bolton¹

F, #94527

Family 1: Dr. Henry Clarke Houghton M.D. b. 22 Jan 1837, d. 1 Dec 1901

Marriage*: Katherine Bolton married Dr. Henry Clarke Houghton M.D., son of Isaac Smith Houghton and Zebral Adams Hill, on Jul 26, 1901 at St. Ann's Church, Bayport, Long Island, NY, USA.¹

Family 2: Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde

Marriage*: Katherine Bolton married Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde on Nov 23, 1905 at New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Mrs. Henry C. Houghton.²

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Origin

1901

Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY, USA

Marriage

Jul 26, 1901

St. Ann's Church, Bayport, Long Island, NY, USA¹

Marriage

Nov 23, 1905

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Mrs. Henry C. Houghton²

ParentsD

Wm. Henry Bolton and Frances Howell Hewlett

Pedigree

Citations

[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: July 26, 1901.
[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Nov 24, 1905.

Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde¹

M, #94528

Family: Katherine Bolton

Marriage*: Dr. Frederick Erastus Hyde married Katherine Bolton on Nov 23, 1905 at New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Mrs. Henry C. Houghton.¹

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Marriage

Nov 23, 1905

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, Mrs. Henry C. Houghton¹

ParentsS

Edwin Hyde and Elizabeth Alvina Mead

Pedigree

Citations

[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Nov 24, 1905.

Enos Houghton Tucker

M, #94529, b. circa 1814, d. 30 December 1907

Father*: Enos Houghton Tucker b. 2 Apr 1784
Mother*: Sally (?)

Family: Frances (?) b. c 1815

Marriage*: Enos Houghton Tucker married Frances (?)¹

Fred H. Tucker¹ b. c 1856

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Birth

circa 1814

Marriage

1860 Census

1860

Blackstone, Worcester Co., MA, USA, age 45, RR agent¹

Death

Dec 30, 1907

Needham, Norfolk Co., MA, USA, age 93²

Obituary

Dec 31, 1907

New York, New York Co., NY, USA, NY Times:
Pioneer Railroad Man Dies
Enos Houghton Tucker, Aged 93, Began Service in 1849
Boston, Dec. 30.--The death at Needham to-day of Enos Houghton Tucker at the age of 93 removed one of the pioneer railroad men of New England.
In 1849 Mr. Tucker entered the employ of the Norfolk County and Boston and Providence Railroad. He worked for this company first as station agent and afterward as conductor and Superintendent. In 1867 he became Superintendent of the Woonsocket Division of the Boston, Hartford, and Erie Railroad, afterward changed to New York and New England Railroad, and now a part of the Central Division of the New York, New Haven and Hartford. He kept this position until his retirement from railroad life, about ten years ago.
In his early manhood Mr. Tucker was a Whig in politics. He cast his first vote for Daniel Webster in 1836. He united himself with the Republican Party at its inception, and had been actively identified with it since that time²

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[S1227] 1860 U.S. Federal Census , Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts; Roll M653_529; Page: 298, line 24, dwl 1529-2436.
[S95] Newspaper, New York Times Archives: Dec 31, 1907.

Sally (?)¹

F, #94530

Family: Enos Houghton Tucker b. 2 Apr 1784

Marriage*: Sally (?) married Enos Houghton Tucker, son of Jared Tucker and Elizabeth Houghton.¹

Enos Houghton Tucker+ b. c 1814, d. 30 Dec 1907
Charles F. Tucker b. c 1816
Elizabeth L. Tucker¹ b. c 1819
Ralph M. Tucker¹ b. c 1823
George H. Tucker¹ b. c 1826

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Marriage

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Citations

[S1226] 1850 U.S. Federal Census , Needham, Norfolk, Massachusetts; Roll M432_330; Page: 289, line 29, dwl 96.