Before embarking on their journey to Wales, delegates may want to become re-acquainted with the history of Daltons in this part of the UK. DGS members who have a complete set of Journals may want to re-read the following selections and refresh their memories of important historical events that will be covered in the AGM schedule. For those who do not have a complete set of Journals, please go to the DGS Journal Index page. Non-members are also invited to share in this "once in a lifetime" opportunity and to expand your knowledge of the universe of Daltons. Reading List from the DGS Journal Index “The flight to Wales in 1651” by Morag Simpson DGS Journal, Volume 6, page 24. The losses in the Dalton family in the Civil War, particularly at the battle of Newbury in 1644 and the battle of Worcester in 1651 are noted, together with the flight of Walter Dalton into Wales, with the Royal Paychest and his friend Rowland Vaughan one of the Vaughan family of Golden Grove in Carmarthen. Also notes are given on this Vaughan family, Pembrey and the surviving Daltons. “Daltons in Wales”, An introduction by Michael N. Dalton DGS Journal, Volume 10, page 22. This article covers the senior line, descended from Walter Dalton who fled to Wales after the battle of Worcester in 1651. It has many photographs of the areas concerned as they are today, in the Gower peninsula. It also reproduces some inscriptions on the Church at Pembrey and on the tombstone of James Dalton in the churchyard there. “Daltons in Wales, Geography and Court house” by Michael N. Dalton DGS Journal, Volume 11, page 17. This article gives a list of the places mentioned in the Welsh branch of the Dalton family tree and places them on a map of South Wales. It also gives a drawing and some notes on Court House, the family home for many years. “Daltons in Wales, the Descendants of James Dalton and Joyce Vaughan” by Michael N. Dalton DGS Journal, Volume 13, Part II, page 2. This is the third article about Daltons in Wales. It discusses the descendants of James Dalton, the fifth son of Walter of Kidwelly and gives extensive charts of his family descendants over five generations. “The Junior Dalton Line, the Missing Link” by R. N. D. Hamilton DGS Journal, Volume 14, Part I, page 7. This paper discusses the tradition that the Daltons of Witney, the so-called junior Dalton line, are descended from Roger Dalton of Thurnham. The author gives a transcription of the will of Roger, dated 1588, which makes no mention of a son called Walter. The possibility that the Witney Daltons are descended from the Yorkshire Dalton line is then discussed and suggestions made for further lines of research, to clarify the connections between the Yorkshire Daltons, the three Walter Daltons at Witney and James Dalton of Pembrey. |
from Millicent Craig
Recently a letter arrived from Tammy seeking help with the ancestry of her Minnesota Daltons. There was a casual mention that in her Dalton line there are either carriers of, or victims of the blood disorder known as spherotycosis. This genetic aberration may be the key to finding relatives with the same hereditary medical problem.
Spherocytosis
This is not a common condition in the U. S. yet affects one in five thousand births. The incidence is higher in Northern European countries. Occasionally it occurs spontaneously in families without a seeming genetic history of the disorder.
Tammy's
Family The incidence of this disorder has now increased in the U. S. Richard Andrew Dalton had eight children. They are: Doris, Gladys, Ernest, George, Richard Charles, Gerald, Beverly and Violet and were born in the 1940's. Some may be still living. There is a minimum of 25 grandchildren and great grand children who may be either carriers of, or afflicted with congenital anemia.
Whether Tammy's great grandfather, Andrew Dalton, carried this gene defect is unknown. By telling her story, Tammy hopes to learn more of her ancestry from others descended from the siblings of her grandfather or great grandfather. If your Dalton ancestors once lived in MN and this condition exists in your family, please be in touch with Tammy: RACERVIC@aol.com
Does this hereditary blood disorder exist anywhere else in the world of Daltons? The given names of the above eight children suggest that the family is of English or Scottish origin rather than of Irish descent. If congenital spherocytosic anemia exists in your family please be in touch with: Millicenty@aol.com It may be possible to learn more of family origins through it. |
The Australian Red Cross has now posted a listing of those Australians who were wounded or missing in action in WWII. It is located in the database of the Australian War Museum and is a supplement to the Nominal Roll of Honor that was previously posted. All Daltons and variants who were on the Nominal Roll have been extracted and can be located in the Australian file of the Dalton Data Bank. http://www.daltondata.0pi.com/
Extracted below are those Daltons who were on the latest Red Cross Rolls. Eventually they will be posted in the DDB. There were no variant spellings of Dalton in the file. If one of the following entries is of interest to you, visit the website, note the file number, and view a digitised image of the file. In some cases the information is quite graphic and your editor has chosen not to print it. http://www.awm.gov.au/ It is likely that inquiries may also be referred to the Red Cross Bureau.
Australian Wounded and
Missing in Action. Arthur William Victor Dalton
Clarence Bernard Dalton Frank Dalton James Dalton William Dalton William Edward Dalton William James Dalton William Leo Dalton Witton Kenworthy Dalton |
from Millicent Craig
A most ambitious
project is underway to make excerpts from Irish newspapers available to
the public. It will be months before the extractions are completed and
will be a valuable supplement to Irish data. The excerpts vary according
to newspaper and can include births, marriages, deaths, poll tax lists,
game tax lists and various political and criminal cases. Noted but
not included below are marriages and births of Lysaghts and Skerrits both
of whom are related to Daltons. Also in the files is the first mention
of a Valentine (surname) that has been observed by your editor and may be
worth a look by the American descendents of Valentine Dalton. It occurred
in the 18th Century and he was a Bishop.
Clare Journal
July 16 1838
Clare Journal
April 15 1842
Clare Journal
Apr 26 1852
The Kilkenny
Independent, Wednesday, August 15, 1827
The Kilkenny
Independent, Wednesday, MAY 2, 1827
Connaught
Journal, Galway Ireland, Monday April 21, 1823, County Galway
The Cork
Examiner, 5 November 1888 |