Brief Life History of William
When William Dutton was born in 1834, in Congleton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Dutton, was 27 and his mother, Sarah hordern, was 23. He had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Ann Bailey. He lived in Astbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom in 1841 and Buglawton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom for about 30 years. He died in 1885, in Congleton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 51.
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- William Dutton, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Dutton in entry for Herbert Stanway and Sarah Elizabeth Dutton, "England, Cheshire Parish Registers, 1538-2000"
- William Dutton, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
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1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English (Cheshire, Lancashire, and Staffordshire): habitational name from either Dutton in Cheshire or Dutton in Lancashire. The first is named from Old English dūn ‘hill’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’; the second from the Old English personal name Dudd(a) (see Dodd 1) + Old English tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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