The halton Surname
halton Name Meaning and History
- English (mainly Lancashire): habitational name from any of several places named Halton, usually from Old English h(e)alh ‘nook’, ‘hollow’ + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. Halton in Cheshire, however, is possibly named from an Old English hathel ‘heathery place’ + tun, and Halton in Northumberland from an Old English haw ‘look out’ + hyll ‘hill’ + tun.
- Irish: altered form of O’Haltahan, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hUltacháin ‘descendant of Ultachán’, a diminutive of Ultach ‘Ulsterman’. This is a rare Fermanagh surname, which is sometimes Anglicized as Nolan.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Alice Halton | margaret grundy | 3 |
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| Haltons in Meath County, Ireland |
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| My Halton Story | Robert Halton (Droheda Ireland) | 1 |
| SALATHIEL HALTON X-GRANDFATHER and descendants, including Imison branches |
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| John Halton ~ Banished to America in 1747 |
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