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Halkerston Family History

Halkerston Surname Meaning

from lands called Hawkerton in the Mearns (Kincardines) apparently held by the king's falconer and so probably derived from Older Scots hauker ‘one who trains and cares for a lord's hawks’

+ toun ‘village settlement’.

Source: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain, 2021


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Between 1970 and 2004, in the United States, Halkerston life expectancy was at its lowest point in 1970, and highest in 1989. The average life expectancy for Halkerston in 1970 was 64, and 83 in 2004.

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