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William Thomas Ashby, descended from Ashbys — among whom a Jesse Ashby figured prominently in virtually every generation — who served in most of the nation’s major wars, including the Revolutionary, and the War Between the States, was a farmer and mill owner.
- Charles A. Leach
Ashby, an assistant professor of physics during his tenure here, was founder and former president of the Kalamazoo Amateur Astronomy Association. A son, Frederick Ashby, is an ensign in the navy. This certainly supports what I was told in Bronson Park, but I still wasn’t 100% convinced.
Ashby Name Meaning. English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby, from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
Origin. Ashby : English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern and eastern England called Ashby from Old Norse askr ‘ash’ (or in one instance possibly from the Old Norse personal name Aski) + bȳ ‘farm’.
About Ashby Life. Ashby Life is an independently owned local community magazine serving Ashby de la Zouch. This site serves as an extension to the magazine, bringing you an online directory that you can use any time you need to find a business in the area along with a selection of local information, community news and events and, of course, the latest edition of Ashby Life online.
Despite his status as the founder of the village, his enemies successfully changed the name of the village from Bronson to Kalamazoo in March 1836. Disillusioned, Bronson moved on further west. The name “Kalamazoo” has a long and conflicting history.
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Ashby-de-la-Zouch (/ ˈ æ ʃ b i d ə l ə ˈ z uː ʃ /), [2] also spelled Ashby de la Zouch, [a] is a market town and civil parish in the North West Leicestershire district of Leicestershire, England, near to the Derbyshire and Staffordshire borders. Its population at the 2021 census was 16,491. [3]
