Brief Life History of Able
When Able Walton was born in 1850, in Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Charles Walton, was 30 and his mother, Julia, was 30. He lived in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851 and Walsall, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died in 1868, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 18, and was buried in Bloxwich, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Sources (7)
- Abel Walton in household of Charles Walton, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Legacy NFS Source: Able Walton - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Able Walton
- Abel Walton, "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991"
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World Events (1)
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called Walton, which are named with Old English walh ‘foreigner, Briton, serf’ (genitive plural wala), wald ‘woodland’, wall ‘wall’, or wælla ‘well, spring, stream’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
History: George Walton (1741–1804) signed the Declaration of Independence. He was born in Prince Edward County, VA, whither his grandfather had emigrated from England in 1682. He moved to Savannah, GA, and became governor of GA and a prominent jurist.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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