Laura Mersini

F, #105901, b. circa 1970

Family: (?) Houghton

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Birthcirca 1970Tirana, Albania1
Graduation2000University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA, Ph.D., with the thesis "Vacuum dynamics in the early universe scenarios of phase transitions and extra dimensions."
Marriage1
Occupationbetween 2004 and 2013University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill., Chapel Hill, Orange Co., NC, USA, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
Author2012The Arrows of Time: A Debate in Cosmology (Fundamental Theories of Physics) by Laura Mersini-Houghton (Editor), Rudy Vaas (Editor)
Living2021Chapel Hill, NC, USA
BiographyLaura Mersini-Houghton (née Mersini) is a cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has developed (together with collaborators) a theory for the birth of the universe from the landscape multiverse that included five predictions proposed in 2006,[citation needed] four of which have since been observed: the CMB cold spot (2007, 2013); preferred direction associated with the quadrupole, octupole alignment (2013);CMB power suppression at low multipoles (2013);dark flow (2009); and, the deviation of the CMB amplitude (2010).[citation needed] Her theory of the origins of the universe from the landscape multiverse is not phenomenological. The theory and its predictions are derived from fundamental physics and first principles by using quantum cosmology for the wavefunction of the universe on the landscape and calculating decoherence and quantum entanglement among various surviving branches .
Education

B.S., University of Tirana, Albania
M.S., University of Maryland
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

Laura Mersini-Houghton received her undergraduate degree from the University of Tirana, Albania, and her M.Sc. from the University of Maryland. She was awarded a PhD in 2000 by the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.

After earning her PhD, Mersini-Houghton was a postdoctoral fellow at the Italian Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa from 2000 to 2002. In 2002 she had a postdoctoral fellowship for two years at the University of Syracuse, New York. However she accepted a job as faculty at UNC in 2003. She spend most of 2003 at PI, Waterloo and in January 2004, she started as professor of theoretical physics and cosmology at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill (UNC) with tenure in 2008.
Research

The main questions Laura Mersini-Houghton explores are: Why did our universe start from such an incredibly low entropy state? Can we test the origins of the universe with our current ground and space based experiments? If cosmology is embedded in a richer structure, the multiverse, what observational evidence can test it? The motivation comes from the need for a coherent theory of the origins of the universe and a deeper understanding of nature at extreme energies. The objective is to link the current major experiments, the Planck Mission and LHC, to predictions of candidate theories. She is also interested in other fundamental topics such as the nature of space and time, (see her recent book with R.Vaas, Springer Verlag Time's Arrows, (May 2012))

Soon after the discovery of the landscape, Mersini-Houghton proposed a theory in 2004–2005 for the birth of the universe from the landscape multiverse. The main idea is based on placing the wavefunction of the universe on the landscape in order to calculate the most probable wavefunction of the universe. This theory takes into account the out of equilibrium dynamics in the initial states and it includes decoherence among the various wavefunctions. The derived probability distribution results in states of high energy inflation being the most probable initial condition to start a universe. The selection mechanism arises from the out of equilibrium evolution of gravitational versus matter degrees of freedom, as follows: gravity is a "negative heat capacity system" (vacuum energy tends to equilibrium by expanding the initial space to infinity), while matter degrees of freedom are in the class of "positive heat capacity" systems (that tend to equilibrium by collapsing the system to a point). Any realistic cosmology contains both contributions massive fluctuations, and, vacuum energy. Therefore, the evolution of the opposing tendencies of the degrees of freedom in the initial states drives the state out of equilibrium and selects only high energy initial states as "survivor" universes from the back reaction of massive fluctuations since only high energy states can grow. Initial states that contain large vacuum energies give rise to expanding physical universes. Low energy initial states cannot survive the back reaction of massive fluctuations, cannot grow and thus result in "terminal" universes.[citation needed]

In 2006 in two papers named Cosmological Avatars of the Landscape,[1] and,[2] Mersini-Houghton predicted that the CMB cold spot, which was later observed by WMAP and Planck, was "the unmistakable imprint of another universe beyond the edge of our own".[3] Planck data has confirmed that the Cold Spot is an underdense region in the southern hemisphere, of about 200 Mpc and z~1, in perfect agreement with what she and her collaborators had predicted in their 'Cosmological Avatars of the Landscape' papers 'I: Bracketing the SUSY Breaking Scale',[1] and 'II: CMB and LSS Signatures'[2] published in 2006.

In November 2008, a NASA team led by Alexander Kashlinsky[4] observed the dark flow of galaxy clusters in the universe at exactly the velocity and alignment predicted by her[5] earlier in the 'Cosmological Avatars of the Landscape I, II' papers in 2006.[6]

In the same year (2006) WMAP reached agreement with SDSS experiment, that the overall amplitude of fluctuation is less than 1.[citation needed] If these observational findings, predicted in the 2006 papers by Mersini-Houghton et al.[citation needed] are confirmed over the next few years, then they may offer the first evidence of a universe beyond our own. Such confirmation would tie the standard model of cosmology into a more coherent picture where our universe is not at the center of the world, but part of it.[citation needed]. These predictions were just confirmed by Planck data released in March 2013.[7]

After the observational confirmation of the five predictions[citation needed] (CMB cold spot, power suppression at low l's, alignment of quadrupole with octupole, dark flow, and Sigma8~0.8) her work continues to attract international media attention, GCHEP/UNC,[8] in the New Scientist, Bild der Wissenschaft, Scientific American, and Discover magazine.

A team of astrophysicists reported between November 2008 and February 2009 that they had found evidence of the northern hemisphere CMB cold spot in analysis of WMAP data.[9] However, apart from the southern CMB cold spot, the varied statistical methods in general fail to confirm each other regarding a northern CMB cold spot.[10] Since Mersini's Theory on the Origins of the Universe from the Landscape Multiverse, several other possible causes have been suggested for the CMB cold spot. The main issue with the alternative explanations offered since Mersini's theory is that they can not produce an explanation for all observed anomalies having the same origin. Precision measurements in cosmology therefore highly constrain these phenomenological models.

Dark flow remains controversial. Its existence and velocity are "likely to stay unsettled until" the new accurate cosmic microwave background radiation data by the European Space Agency's Planck satellite are available in 2013.[11]

The Planck results for anomalies observed in the CMB were published in March 2013[7] The anomalies discovered and confirmed by Planck in the CMB are: 1. Power suppression at large distances (low I's); 2. Cold Spot; 3. Alignment of Quadrupole and Octupole in the CMB leading to a Preferred Direction; and, 4. The Overall Amplitude of Sigma_8. All of these anomalies were derived in the 2006 paper: "Why the Universe Started from a Low Entropy State",[12] well before (and independent of) any experimental detections.

Before her work on the Theory of the Origins of the Universe from the Landscape Multiverse, she investigating the problem of dark energy and developed a program with her collaborator M.Bastero-Gil, where dark energy is produced by short distance (transplanckian) modes. With other collaborators she analyzed wMAP data for the equation of state of dark energy and showed that it can be of a phantom form.
Media coverage

On October 11, 2010, Laura Mersini-Houghton appeared in a BBC programme What Happened Before the Big Bang (along with Michio Kaku, Neil Turok, Andrei Linde, Roger Penrose, Lee Smolin, and other notable cosmologists and physicists) where she propounded her theory of the universe as a wave function on the landscape multiverse.[13] The programme referred to these observational tests of her theory's predictions, which makes it the only theory on the origins of our universe ever to offer predictions and have them successfully tested.[citation needed]

Laura Mersini-Houghton appeared in Morgan Freeman's 'Through the Wormhole' series in the 'Is There an Edge of the Universe' episode in 2011. This episode was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2012 in the Outstanding Science and Technology Programming category. In 2010 she also appeared in the 'Parallel Universes' episode of the National Geographic Channel: Naked Science series.

Mersini-Houghton's work on multiverse theory is discussed in the epilogue of a recently published biography of Hugh Everett III.




Professor Laura Mersini-Houghton

The NewScientist article Mystery of a Giant Void in Space said

It is a modern tale of much ado about nothing. But that “nothing” is an enormous hole in the cosmos that defies standard cosmology and might just be the imprint of another universe bumping against our own.

In 2004, a giant cold spot was discovered, with its cosmic microwave background a chilly 20 to 45 per cent lower than the average for the rest of the sky, according to NASA’s WMAP satellite.

Intrigued, astronomer Lawrence Rudnick decided to take a closer look by examining a survey done by the Very Large Array radio telescope in Socorro, New Mexico. Then in August, his team announced that the most likely cause of the cold spot was a giant void nearly 1 billion light years across that contained almost no stars, galaxies or dark matter.

It might be time to turn to exotica for answers. Laura Mersini-Houghton of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has an idea: the void was caused by a collision with another universe. String theory says that ours is just one of 10500 possible universes, and Mersini-Houghton’s calculations suggest that this giant void could have been caused by a neighboring universe pushing against our own, repelling gravity and the galaxies within.

Laura Mersini-Houghton, Ph.D. is a theoretical physicist-cosmologist and professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Laura earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Tirana in her native Albania, and she earned her PhD in 2000 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with the thesis Vacuum dynamics in the early universe scenarios of phase transitions and extra dimensions.

She has worked on a variety of topics on the particle physics-cosmology interface. She is particularly interested in the possibility of generating dark energy from transplanckian physics in string theory, gravity and quantum field theory in curved space, and higher-dimension braneworlds.

Laura authored Birth of the Universe from the Multiverse, Thoughts on Defining the Multiverse, Cosmological Implications of the String Theory Landscape, The Arrow of Time Forbids a Positive Cosmological Constant ?, Wavefunction of the Universe on the Landscape, and Do We Have Evidence for New Physics in the Sky?, and coauthored Probing Dark Energy with Black Hole Binaries, Nontrivial Geometries: Bounds on the Curvature of the Universe, Eternal Inflation is “Expensive”, Cosmological Avatars of the Landscape I: Bracketing the SUSY Breaking Scale, Cosmological Avatars of the Landscape II: CMB and LSS Signatures, Why did the Universe Start from a Low Entropy State?, and A Fly in the SOUP.1
Notablea cosmologist and theoretical physicist, and associate professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has developed (together with collaborators) a theory for the birth of the universe from the landscape multiverse that included five predictions proposed in 2006, four of which have since been observed.
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(?) Houghton1

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Family: Laura Mersini

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  1. [S1370] Wikipedia, online http://en.wikipedia.org

Isaiah Crocker1

M, #105903, b. 8 September 1832, d. 26 February 1908

Family: Eliza Jane Houghton

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BirthSep 8, 1832Pittstown, ME, USA1
Marriage1
DeathFeb 26, 1908Lee, ME, USA
ParentsSFreeman Crocker
Born Barnstable Mass 1785 married Rebecca b sept 26 1785 and married
Susan Lewis ???after 1835...moved to Lee, Maine "tween 1830/40
according to the 1840 census
Freeman died aug 8 1848 age 63
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  1. [S654] Electronic Web Site, , http://intlmerch.tripod.com/id4.html

Mary J. McKim

F, #105904, b. circa 1878

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Birthcirca 1878PA, USA, age 62 in 1940 census1
1940 Census1940Fannett, Franklin Co., PA, USA, age 62, widow, living with single sister Lorenda H. McKim, 46, PA, hotel maid1
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Fannett, Franklin, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3509; Page: 15B; Enumeration District: 28-14; line 57, dwl 17.

Josephine Herr1

F, #105905, b. 13 November 1917, d. 2 March 1985

Family: John Clark Houghton

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BirthNov 13, 1917Lancaster, PA, USA, age 23 in 1940 census1
Marriage1
OccupationJ. Clark Houghton Jewelers, owner
1940 Census1940Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA, USA, age 60, jeweler, retail store1
1950 US Census1950Lancaster, PA, USA, age 33, widow; retail jewelry jeweler
DeathMar 2, 1985Hillsboro, OH, USA
ObituaryMar 5, 1985Mrs. Josephine Herr Houghton, 68, of 2371 Emery Lane, Winchester, Ohio, a Lancaster jeweler for 48 years, died Saturday in the Highland District Hospital, Hillsboro. Ohio, following an illness of six months. . Mrs. Houghton was the owner of J. Clark Houghton jewelers, 207 E. Chestnut St., and was a widely- respected jeweler and appraiser of fine jewelry.
She was the widow of J. Clark Houghton, who died in 1949. She was a member of the First Reformed Church of Lancaster and of the Donegal Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A daughter of the late Nora B. and Benjamin Bear Herr, she had lived in Lancaster ‘until December. when she moved in with a son in Hillsboro. .
Surviving are a son, J. Clark Houghton. Hillsboro: a step-son, Charles Houghton, Lancaster; a sister, Harriet Dundore, Lancaster; and three grandchildren.
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3530; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 36-59; line 43, dwl 19.

Maria Houghton1

F, #105906, b. circa 1880

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Birthcirca 1880PA, USA, age 60 in 1940 census1
1940 Census1940Sunbury, Northumberland Co., PA, USA, age 60, widow, none1
DuplicateSunbury, Northumberland Co., PA, USA
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Sunbury, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3598; Page: 10A; Enumeration District: 49-9; line 20, dwl 950.

Elizabeth Houghton1

F, #105907, b. circa 1881

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Birthcirca 1881PA, USA, age 59 in 1940 census1
1940 Census1940Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA, USA, age 59, none1
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3598; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 49-81; line 53, dwl 707.

Kathryn Houghton1

F, #105908, b. circa 1914

Family: (?) Swanik

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Birthcirca 1914PA, USA, age 26 in 1940 census1
Marriage1
1940 Census1940Shamokin, Northumberland Co., PA, USA, age 59, none1
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3598; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 49-81; line 53, dwl 707.

(?) Swanik1

M, #105909

Family: Kathryn Houghton

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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Shamokin, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3598; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 49-81; line 53, dwl 707.

Mary C. (?)1

F, #105910, b. circa 1911, d. January 1983

Family: Chester B. Houghton

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Birthcirca 1911PA, USA, age 29 in 1940 census1
Marriage1
1940 Census1940Brecknock, Lancaster Co., PA, USA, age 34, none1
1950 US Census1950Brecknock, PA, USA, age 43, tap room operator
DeathJan, 1983Norristown, PA, USA
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Brecknock, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3528; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 36-4; line 11, dwl 2.

Jean E. Vickerman1

F, #105911, b. 4 November 1905

Family: Fred H. Houghton

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BirthNov 4, 1905PA, USA
MarriageJul 16, 19371
MarriageJul 20, 1959Fierier-Rick H. Lovell
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3675; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 69-767; line 37, dwl 1152.

Effie May Combs1

F, #105912, b. 19 September 1907, d. 27 August 1976

Family: Lester Mahlan Roberts

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BirthSep 19, 1907Frenchburg, KY, USA, age 27, WV, in 1935 census; age 33, PA, in 1940 census1
Marriage1
Census1935Leesburg City, FL, USA, age 28, OH, painter
1940 Census1940Miami, Dade Co., FL, USA, age 38, ice cream mixer, ice cream dairy1
1950 US Census1950Miami, FL, USA, age 43, dairy products co., ice cream supervisor
DeathAug 27, 1976Miami, Dade Co., FL, USA
ParentsDGilbert Almo "Jack" Combs 1888–1971 and Nancy Edna "Ednie" Byrd 1884–1917
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Miami, Dade, Florida; Roll: T627_629; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 69-32; line 38, dwl 2630.

Eleanor Mae Houghton1

F, #105913, b. circa 1935

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Birthcirca 1935FL, USA, age 0, FL, in 1935 census; age 5, PA, in 1940 census1
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Miami, Dade, Florida; Roll: T627_629; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 69-32; line 38, dwl 2630.

Gertrude E. Houghton1

F, #105914, b. circa 1882

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Birthcirca 1882Germany, age 58 in 1940 census1
1940 Census1940Lancaster, Lancaster Co., PA, USA, age 58, private housekeeper for Baker family1
1950 US Census1950East Lampeter, PA, USA, age 63, widow, no occup
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Lancaster, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3533; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 36-98; line 24, dwl 1065.

Blanche Houghton1

F, #105915, b. circa 1884

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Birthcirca 1884PA, USA, age 56 in 1940 census1
1940 Census1940Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE, USA, age 56, divorced, 4 years of high school, music teacher1
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware; Roll: T627_549; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 4-10; line 55, dwl 503.

Susan May Kellar

F, #105916, b. 23 September 1883, d. 1 February 1973

Family: Millard Montgomery Houghton

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BirthSep 23, 1883Northumberland, PA, USA, age 56 in 1940 census1
Marriage1
1940 Census1940Lewis, Northumberland Co., PA, USA, age 52, living with mother in law Mary E. Kellar, 82, PA, widow1
1950 US Census1950Watsontown, PA, USA, age 62, radio cabinet factory, cabinet assembler
DeathFeb 1, 1973Turbotville, PA, USA
ObituaryFeb 2, 1973Mrs. Susan May Houghton, 89, of 719 North Main street, Watsontown, died at her residence yesterday.
The wife of Millard M. Houghton, she was born in Northumberland County on September 26, 1883, a daughter of the late George and Alice Treon Keller. She was a member of the Zion Lutheran Church, Turbotville. Survivors in addition to her husband include a stepson, Thurman Houghton, Linesville, Pa; four stepgrandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
ParentsDMary E. Kellar,PA
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Lewis, Northumberland, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3596; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 49-27; line 13, dwl 142.

Alice Houghton1

F, #105917, b. circa 1885

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Birthcirca 1885PA, USA, age 55 in 1940 census1
1940 Census1940Erie, Erie Co., PA, USA, age 55, widow, none1
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  1. [S1479] 1940 U.S. Federal Census , Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: T627_3651; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 68-104; line 73, dwl 312.

Charles Houghton1

M, #105918, b. 1870

Family: Lucy Dewey

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Birth1870England1
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14053807/person/690917170

William Cross1

M, #105919, b. 1882

Family: Marian Lillian Houghton

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Birth1882Wilmington, DE, USA1
Marriage1
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14053807/person/47788499

Jesse Arthur Covey1

M, #105920, b. 29 March 1886, d. August 1968

Family: Marian Lillian Houghton

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BirthMar 29, 1886NY, USA1
Marriage1
DeathAug, 1968Greenwich, Washington Co., NY, USA1
ParentsDWilliam Dentz Covey 1835 – 1922
Sarah Knapp 1846 –
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14053807/person/47788499

Venus Christine Covey1

F, #105921, b. 23 March 1906, d. 30 October 1951

Family: Elmer F. Williams

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BirthMar 23, 1906Honesdale, PA, USA1
Marriage2
DeathOct 30, 19511
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Elmer F. Williams1

M, #105922, b. 2 August 1902

Family: Venus Christine Covey

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BirthAug 2, 1902PA, USA1
Marriage1
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14053807/person/47788361

Charles Gassiot Houghton1

M, #105923, b. 16 November 1845

Family: Sarah Marian Gerrard

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BirthNov 16, 1845Barnton, Northwich, England1
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14053807/person/821878642

Sarah Marian Gerrard1

F, #105924, b. 1847

Family: Charles Gassiot Houghton

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Birth1847England1
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  1. [S882] Ancestry.Com, online www.ancestry.com, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/14053807/person/821878642

Frederick Houghton1

M, #105925

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BirthGarston, Lancashire, England1
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Mary Houghton1

F, #105926, b. circa 1866

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Birthcirca 1866Garston, Lancashire, England1
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Ruth Houghton1

F, #105927, b. 19 August 1872

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BirthAug 19, 1872Barnton, Northwich, England1
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William Houghton1

M, #105928, b. circa 1877

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Birthcirca 1877Barnton, Northwich, England1
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Susan Houghton1

F, #105929, b. circa 1879

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Birthcirca 1879Barnton, Northwich, England1
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Thomas Houghton1

M, #105930, b. circa 1815, d. 6 April 1869

Family: Hannah Brown

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Birthcirca 1815Barnton, Northwich, England1
Marriage1
DeathApr 6, 1869Northwich, Cheshire, England1
Children+Mary Houghton 1838 –
James Houghton 1839 – 1852
Eliza Houghton 1841 –
Charles Gassiot Houghton 1845 –
Ruth Houghton 1847 –
Thomas Houghton 1849-
Faithful Houghton 1851 – 1851
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