Heaton Family History
Heaton Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of the numerous
places so called, for example in Lancashire, Northumberland, and West
Yorkshire, from Old English heah ‘high’ + tun
‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’. This surname was taken to Ireland in the
mid 17th century, and within Ireland is now mainly found in
Ulster.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Heaton
Name Distribution of Heaton Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Heaton families
 1,893 - 3,783  632 - 1,892 |
 1 - 631  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Heaton families
|
7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Heaton census records
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Heaton Family Origin
Heaton Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Heaton Emigration Information (AU)
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to Australia.
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from the Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1787-1868
Heaton Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Heaton census records
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Military Service by Heaton
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