John W Lawton
January 1899–
Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States
The Life of John W
When John W Lawton was born in January 1899, in Quincy, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Charles Albert Lawton, was 30 and his mother, Marjorie Dawson Smith, was 26.
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Family Time Line
Charles Albert Lawton
1868–1916
Marjorie Dawson Smith
1872–
John W Lawton
1899–
Parents and Siblings
Charles Albert Lawton
1868–1916Male
Marjorie Dawson Smith
1872–Female
siblings
(1)
1899–Male
World Events (3)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 1
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
Age 1
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
1900 · Making Hawaii a Territory
Age 1
This act was set into place to establish the Territory of Hawaii and to provide a Constitution and government for the territory. This act stayed in place until Hawaii became a State.
Name Meaning
English:1. habitational name, common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, from Buglawton or Church Lawton in Cheshire, or Lawton in Herefordshire, named in Old English as ‘settlement on or near a hill’, or ‘settlement by a burial mound’, from hlāw ‘hill’, ‘burial mound’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. 2. variant spelling of Laughton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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