When Thomas Barton was born about 1830, in Southport, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Barton, was 24 and his mother, Jennet Carr, was 22. He died in his hometown, and was buried in North Meols, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.
Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
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