When Merilou Tilton was born on 26 February 1931, her father, Joseph Henry Tilton, was 28 and her mother, Vera Inez Noble, was 25. She died on 20 February 1985, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Southpark Cemetery, Pearland, Brazoria, Texas, United States.
English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.
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