compiled by Millicent V. Craig Earlier in "Daltons in History", there have been listed the Dalton casualties in WWI and WWII for each branch of the British Armed Forces. Listed below are those Daltons who perished in the bombings of England during WWII. Each person has a commemorative listing in the Section of the Civilian War Dead Register. In all cases the age is given and facilitates obtaining birth information. In many instances the spouse and parents of the individual are also given. Some died in their own homes or at a designated air raid shelter or the home of a neighbor. Patrick Michael Robert Dalton died 20 Sep 1940, age 59. Address: 57 Andrew
Street. Silverton. Cemetery: County Borough of West Ham |
submitted by Melanie D. Crain Key: m. = married 1850 Census - Ohio 1850 Census - Illinois 1860 Census - Michigan 1860 Census - Illinois 1870 Census - Illinois 1870 Census - Kentucky 1880 Census - Iowa 1880 Census - Indiana 1880 Census - New Jersey 1897 Census - Tennessee |
compiled by William "Mike" Dalton This compilation from Mike is perhaps one of the most important sets of data that we have printed in "Daltons in History" and requires careful study. They are the postings of "Missing Persons" that appeared in the Boston Pilot between 1840 and 1920. These postings were made by relatives or friends who were trying to find an emigrant with whom they had lost contact in America. The last known residence in America is usually stated and includes such diverse areas as Pennsylvania, Louisana, Georgia, Tennessee, New Hampshire, New York, Canada, etc. The town or parish and the Irish County of the missing person or the relative is given, a golden gift since data on an Irish emigrant's town or parish is usually lacking in other sources. This should be extremely helpful to those who have experienced an impasse in their ancestral line and some may well find a valuable connection in this data. It may also prove helpful to Australians who may identify a lost Irish relative and learn the origins of the family in Ireland. Boston Pilot Advertisements 1840 -1920 Editor''s note: This series will be continued in June 2001. If you have questions on the contents you may contact Mike Dalton. E-mail: mikedirp@teleport.com If you find a missing relative in this data, please let us know. |
A Thinkpiece from Millicent V. Craig A "desperate" plea by a reader to learn the origin of the name, Dalton, led your editor to ponder the question. One popular explanation is that Dalton is Norman in origin and refers to people who lived in a high place. Often referred to, yet unconfirmed, is the village of Hauteville in Normandy as a possible site. There are a few recorded facts or clues in the Domesday Book, assembled in 1086 by William the Conqueror. It was the first census of lands and ownership so recorded. Listed in the book are several towns by the name of Dalton and, in fact, there are up to 20 hamlets in England that bear the name, Dalton. There is one on a hill in Cumbria, Dalton-in-Furness. There are many Dalton towns or villages in what is Yorkshire today. One is named Dalton le Dale, a name that runs counter to the general hilly descriptive. There is Dalton south of Wigan in Lancashire, from whom the Bispham, Croston, Thurnham, and perhaps some Welsh Daltons claim title. This is also a hilly area. Surnames were not in use in the 11th and 12th Century and people were often identified according to the town in which they lived. For example, a name on a document might appear as Bernard de Dalton or Ethelbert de Dalton, meaning Bernard of the town of Dalton and Ethelbert of the town of Dalton. It does not necessarily follow that there was a biological relationship between the two men nor that their surname was originally Dalton. Gradually the "de" was dropped and in succeeding centuries a name might read Bernard Dalton or Ethelbert Dalton. When one examines the ethnic disparity of the given names, one gathers the impression that the roots of these Daltons may be quite varied. The same is true for the cluster of de Daltons who are cited in medieval documents in what is now Yorkshire. According to our expert, Dr. Lucy J. Slater, the senior line of Daltons was located in Yorkshire as evidenced by the unadorned crest. Lancashire Daltons were of the cadet line and distinguished by the addition of crosslets on the crest. Lucy also reminds us that on 20th of Sept 1066, King Harald of Norway landed with 9000 men on the north east coast of England, east of York. Although many were killed or returned to Norway, it is also likely that some remained and married into the local population. But even before the Normans arrived, the Romans had gone to York. A Latin dictionary shows "De" means of, "Altus" means height, "Onus" means single. In Latin the word, Dalton, means of a single hill and is similar to the meaning in Norman French. Roman soldiers also married into the local populations wherever they went, so there very well could have been people of Roman blood on single hills near York in these hamlets named Dalton. When researching the Lancashire Daltons, whom we know most about, we find that de Dalton was in use in the 13th Century in the town of Dalton near Wigan. In addition, when examining early data in southern England, de Dalton appears and reportedly stems from late comers from Normandy. On the Scottish Island of Islay there is a Church and a Celtic Cross that bears the name, Dalton. It was reportedly erected between the 11th and 13th Centuries. Buried there are 17 members of a community. Where did this group originate? Was it from across the Irish sea? We think of the Irish Daltons stemming from one Anglo/Norman, Walter de Aliton, although we still have no documentation of his existence. The high concentration of Daltons in County Westmeath was certainly evidence of a Dalton founder. Yet there was another Dalton, Roger, who originated in Yorkshire and emigrated from Wales and settled in Waterford. How many more were there from other places? K. T. Maptone, one of our Irish researchers of 11th and 12th Century Irish documents, has noted that the proper name, Dalatun or Dalatune, has been transcribed as Dalton. Although many scholars attribute these words to the Gaelic language, she notes that is the name of a town in Iceland and of one in Norway. Viking in origin? So how do we answer the question of the origin of the name, Dalton? There is no one answer. The best we can say is that it relates to a town or geographical area. As we continue our research we are learning that there appear to be many founding fathers in the Dalton lines and only a serious archaelogical DNA study may ever produce answers. |