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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- 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"
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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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