Past on Stone Monuments, Memorials and Names from the Past

Houston

3 people named Houston are on 2 public memorials here. Where a stone gives a year of death, it is 1863.

Spellings vary on stone: Houston may be engraved another way too. Search names that sound alike.

Houston at a glance

Counties
County Antrim (2), Surrey (1)
Conflict
Second World War (1)
Commonest forenames
Sam
Surnames that sound alike
Hastings, Housden, Huston

  1. General Sam Houston

    Born 1793; whose ancestor John Houston emigrated around 1730 from this Ballyboley area; Governor of Tennessee; won Texan independence at San Jacinto 1863

    Named on General Sam Houston plaque, Ballyboley, Ballyboley, County Antrim

  2. Sam Houston

    2 March 1793 to 26 July 1863

    Commemorated by General Sam Houston plaque, Ballyboley, Ballyboley, County Antrim

  3. Private T. G. S. Houston

    The York and Lancaster Regiment

    Named on Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey