Willard Tolson was born as the son of John Tolson and Jennette Colville. He died on 28 June 1973, in Madison Valley, Gallatin, Montana, United States.
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Historical Boundaries - 1865: Gallatin, Montana Territory, United States; 1889: Gallatin, Montana, United States
English (Yorkshire):
patronymic from the Middle English personal name Tol(l)e (see Towle ) + -son ‘son of Tol(l)e’.
habitational name from Toulston in Newton Kyme (Yorkshire). The placename derives from the personal name Toglos (probably from an Old Norse nickname Tauglauss ‘ropeless’) + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.
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