Alma Dalton

Brief Life History of Alma

When Alma Dalton was born about 1890, in Emery, Emery, Utah, United States, his father, Jared Dalton, was 33 and his mother, Matilda Horrocks, was 23. He died in 1890, at the age of 1, and was buried in Emery, Emery, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jared Dalton
1858–1928
Matilda Horrocks
1868–1939
George William Dalton
1887–1948
Alma Dalton
1890–1890
Mary Vilate Dalton
1888–1965
Edwin Arthur Dalton
1897–1963
Eva Dalton
1901–1994
Milton Alonzo Dalton
1903–1940

Sources (1)

  • John Alma Dalton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (2)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

Name Meaning

English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Dalton in Westmorland, Durham, Lancashire, Northumberland, and Yorkshire, from Old English dæl ‘valley’ (see Dale ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

History: The surname was taken to Ireland by English traders in the early 13th century .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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