Sarah McAskie was born on 16 March1842 in Co Tyrone
Ireland. She was the daughter of James McAskie. Sarah came to Rochester New York via the Ontario Canada area, which is just across the Great Lake Ontario from
Rochester.
(Many Ulster people migrated to the United States
via Canada. It was cheaper to travel to Quebec from the port of Londonderry than to go
from Belfast or Liverpool to Boston or New York. The voyage was also usually shorter)
see
Public Record
Office of Northern Ireland:
Emigration To Canada
She married John Charlton in 1854. They owned a Nursery
business in Rochester, New York in the later 1800's and early 1900's. (A biography of her
husband in the book: Landmarks of Monroe County states
he married in 1854 &
gives McAskie as Sarah's maiden name)
John was born on 19 November 1835 in Hornigsham, Wiltshire, England. He received his
education at the village school, which in those days was rather limited in scope. He was
always fond of plants and flowers, and his love for them led him to take up the profession
of gardener, and afterward that of nurseryman. At the age of 17 he was apprenticed at the
gardens of Longleat, the county seat of the Marquis of Bath,
which was then as now, one of the show places of England. He was chosen out of twenty four
applicants. Mr. Charlton spent his first year of his apprenticeship among the fruit trees
and wall fruits. The second year he was in the flower garden and the third year in the
forcing house, where he learned how to grow fruits, under glass. He left Longleat at the
end of his three years and went to the island of Guernsey, where he took charge of the
garden of Peter de Jersey. in the fall of 1856 the young gardener landed in New York, a
few days after reaching the age of 21. He spent the first winter in Canada and in the
following spring he moved to Rochester. In 1865 Mr. Charlton
set up his own business and became one of the best known nurserymen and florists in
Western New York
He died on 2 August 1916
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