Brief Life History of Donald H.
When Donald H. Atherton was born in 1886, in New York, United States, his father, Oliver Clinton Atherton, was 37 and his mother, Eva Jennie Doolittle, was 27. He lived in Potsdam, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1910.
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Family Time Line
Sources (1)
- Donald H Atherton, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1886– Male
1882– Female
Parents and Siblings
1849–1907 Male
1859–1914 Female
Siblings (3)
1881– Male
1886– Male
1887–1978 Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 0
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 0
1917
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place near Manchester named Atherton, from the Old English personal name Æthelhere + Old English tūn ‘settlement’.
English: habitational name from Hatherton, Staffordshire, from Old English haguthorn + dūn ‘the hill where hawthorn grows’.
English (East Anglia): topographic name from Middle English at ther doune ‘(dweller) on the hill’ (Old English æt thǣre dūne). Through confusion of -don and -ton, Attherdoune was altered to Atherton, Adderton, and Atterton.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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