Tour Scotland photograph of the Houston gravestone in Gask Parish Churchyard cemetery, Perthshire, Scotland. Erected by Janet Houston in memory of her parents, John Houston, late tenant Bonnieview, who died 30th June, 1829, aged 76. Also her mother, Jean Thomson, who died 2nd January, 1832, aged 82.
Houston is a distinctly Scottish family name. The City of Houston in America was named in honour of General Sam Houston, born 1793, died 1863, whose ancestry was Scottish on both sides of the family. The suggestion for the new city's name came from Charlotte Allen, the wife of Augustus Allen. An inheritance received by Charlotte enabled the Allen brothers to purchase 6,600 acres along the Buffalo Bayou for the purpose of establishing a new city.
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