Robert Walton

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Walton was born in 1876, in Chester le Street, Durham, England, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Walton, was 31 and his mother, Margaret Brown, was 28. He married Dorothy Ann Laybourn in 1901, in Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Edmondsley, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1891. He died in 1957, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Family Time Line

Robert Walton
1876–1957
Dorothy Ann Laybourn
1880–1948
Marriage: 1901
Dorothy A. Walton
1905–1905
Margaret Walton
1905–1905
Madaline Walton
1906–1975
Robert Walton
1909–1984
Dorothy Ann Walton
1916–1989

Sources (4)

  • Robert Walton in household of Robert Walton, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
  • Robert Walton, "England and Wales, Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
  • Robert Walton in household of Robert Walton, "England and Wales Census, 1881"

World Events (8)

1877

Australia and England play the first-ever cricket Test match in Melbourne.

1884

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1901

First Federal election.

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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