Brief Life History of Catherine
When Catherine Siddleton was born about 1793, in German, Isle of Man, her father, Thomas Siddleton, was 25 and her mother, Jane Dawson, was 28. She married Thomas Watterson on 31 January 1824, in German, Isle of Man. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters.
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- 1841 Catherine Waterson, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Katharine Sidleton, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- Catherine Siddleton, "Isle of Man Marriages, 1606–1911"
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World Events (5)
1797
"The Statute Laws of the Isle of Man" by C. Briscoe are published.
1821
Census gave Island population of 40,081.
1825
Potato riots caused by imposition of tithes.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places so called. In over thirty instances from many different areas, the name is from Old English midel ‘middle’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’. However, Middleton on the Hill near Leominster in Herefordshire appears in Domesday Book as Miceltune, the first element clearly being Old English micel ‘large’, ‘great’ (see Middlebrook ). Middleton Baggot and Middleton Priors in Shropshire have early spellings that suggest gem̄thhyll (from gem̄th ‘confluence’ + hyll ‘hill’) + tūn as the origin. This surname is also found in Scotland and Ireland.
History: A Scottish family of this name derives it from lands at Middleto(u)n near Kincardine. The Scottish physician Peter Middleton practiced in New York City after 1752 and was one of the founders of the medical school at King's College (now Columbia University) in 1767. One of the earliest of the Charleston, SC, Middleton family of prominent legislators was Arthur Middleton, born in Charleston in 1681. The name has also been established in Ireland since at least the 13th century; its presence was reinforced by settlers in the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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