When Thrasher Combs Hatton was born on 3 June 1895, in Kentucky, United States, his father, Arberry Hatton, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Gibbs, was 25. He married Myrtle Fallen on 17 November 1919, in Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Stillwater, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years and Lee City, Wolfe, Kentucky, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 31 March 1978, in Morgan, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 82.
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English: habitational name from any of several places called Hatton (Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire), Hatton Hall (Cheshire), or Cold and High Hatton (Shropshire). The placenames derive from Old English hǣth ‘heath, heather’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. Compare Heath .
English: variant of Atton with prosthetic H-, a topographic name from Middle English atte toun ‘(dweller) at the settlement’ (Old English æt thǣm tūn(e)). Compare Towne .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Giolla Chatáin, a patronymic from a personal name meaning ‘servant of (Saint) Catan’; see McHatton .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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