When Walter Barron was born on 6 April 1910, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Edward Barron, was 29 and his mother, Hetty Greenwood, was 30. He died in September 1985, in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 75.
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Juan, Jesus, Manuel, Francisco, Carlos, Miguel, Raul, Pedro, Ruben, Alfredo, Luis.
Scottish: status name from Scots baron, which in the Highlands denoted a small proprietary landholder. In Angus it alluded specifically to a tenant of one of the small baronies attached to the Abbey of Coupar Angus. The surname was taken by Scottish migrants to Ulster. Compare Baron .
Scottish: shortened form of McBarron, from Scottish Gaelic Mac a' Bharain ‘son of the baron’. See Baron and 1 above.
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