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Newsletter |
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L.J.S. asks if you have paid your subscription yet. There is a report on
reprints of part one of the Dalton book by Mrs. Leaning, and the first seven
Journals. Also binders are available for the Journals. The next AGM
will be at Cambridge on July 28th and 29th
2001. There is a new telephone number for the General Register
Office and we require a new minutes secretary.
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Miscellaneous Notes and Queries |
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M.N.Q.34.1 |
The first Dalton in Argentina? |
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reports on a voyage to Argentina by a botanist, Joseph Banks and his two negro
servants, Thomas Robinson and George Dalton, who froze to death in Tierra del
Fuego.
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M.N.Q.34.2 |
Book subscribers in Ireland in the 18th century. |
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note lists five books requested by Daltons in Ireland. All five were about
family history!
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M.N.Q.34.3 |
A trip to Lambeth Palace. |
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- A parish
outing was to the home of the Archbishop of Canterbury and as our party arrived
a little early, we were directed to the Church next door, St. Mary's. There we saw a beautiful monument to the wife of Sir
Henry Daulton, in white glazed pottery, made at his factory in Lambeth. I
remember the trip round Lambeth Palace itself only by the painting of Archbishop
Laud, who looked very mephistophelean.
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M.N.Q.34.4 |
The Gale family of Yorkshire. |
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- One of
this family, Mary married a Mr. Dalton, about 1800, and in 1866, an appeal for
further information was put out in Notes and Queries, Vol. 10.
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M.N.Q.34.5 |
Death of Admiral Charles Powel Hamilton in 1825. |
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- He was
of the House of Hamilton, and a younger branch was headed by Howel Powel, whose
daughter Mary married a John Dalton. This is from Notes and Queries Vol.
4, 1857.
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M.N.Q.34.6 |
Dalton Doubting's Downfall. |
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- A note
on this pamphlet about Edward Dalton, appeared in Notes and Queries Vol. 1 1849.
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M.N.Q.34.7 |
The Bells of Batley. |
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inscriptions on the bells are reproduced on a brass plate on the church
tower. One of the bells is inscribed Dalton of York fecit, 1791.
This is from Notes and Queries Vol. 9 1866.
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M.N.Q.34.8 |
William Dalton of Skough, Carrick-on-Suir. |
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- After
working in England for most of his life, William returned to Ireland and spent
his remaining years restoring the local church yard. Many strangers were
found dead on near-by roads, so a local poet, John Ryan, wrote a poem about
them, which is reproduced here.
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M.N.Q.34.9 |
Daltons of Dronfield. |
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- Daltons
of Dronfield in Yorkshire have been researched by Mrs. Cook. Thomas Dalton
christened his son Godfrey in Dronfield in 1743. His son Joseph was
born in 1783, and was a farrier by trade. He had five children, and Mrs
Cook is descended from the youngest son George. The 1881 census of the
members of the family is given here.
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The Rev. Timothy Dalton's estate by George Byrkit |
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This is
an extract from a thesis on migrations from England, found in the Bury St.
Edmund's Records Office. It showed that Timothy
Dalton sold land and property before his departure to America to the value in
modern money of about £750,000. This made him a very rich man in
those times.
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The Dalton Gang and their cousin John Marshall by Brian Robinson |
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Family History Fairs |
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The History of Thomas Dalton by his descendant Rodney Garth Dalton |
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This
starts with the birth of Thomas Dalton in 1752 in Wales. He was a convict
sent to America in the 1750's. Three Thomas
Daltons were on the lists of such convicts, in 1750, 1754, and 1757. It is
difficult to sort out if these records referred to the same man or to three
different men. In any case, Thomas married Polly from Ireland and their
eldest son was born John Dalton in 1765 in Pennsylvania. A Mormon
descendant, John Luther Dalton collected information while on a mission to
England in 1863 to 1866. There follow some notes about the English
plantation system of sending people to America before 1776. This practice
was started before 1597. The next passage deals with the life of a convict
in America in the 1700's.
Thomas
served in the revolutionary war. He enlisted in April 1777, was wounded in
September 1777 and invalided out of the army. Details are given of his
service record. Finally he was given a state pension, and died in
1791. His son John married Elizabeth Cooker and established a famous line
of Mormon Daltons.
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Early Dalton M.P.'s by Michael Cayley |
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This
starts with a short explanation of the history of Parliament. The
author then deals with the group of M.P.'s who served in
the 1400's. The first was Richard Dalton who was
M.P. for Newcastle on Tyne in 1413. He married Agnes Hebburn about 1409,
and got some land as her Dowry. He imported soap, alum and iron, to
Newcastle on Tyne, and died about 1421. His widow married John Bedford who
had been an M.P. for Hull, in 1419, 1420 and 1421. Agnes and Richard's son John also served as an M.P. for Newcastle in
1449. He died in 1470.
Another John was M.P. for Hull in 1485-6, and his brother Thomas was M.P. for
Hull in 1487, and again in 1497. They were both importers of wine and
wool. John served Hull for many years as Sheriff in 1482-3, and
mayor in 1487-8 and again in 1495-6. He died in 1496. His brother
Thomas was M.P. for Hull in 1489 and 1497. Thomas was sheriff of Hull in
1484-5 and mayor from 1489 to 1491. The third son of Thomas and Maud
Dalton was another Thomas , born about 1516. He was sheriff of Hull in
1550, mayor in 1554, 1560 and 1568. He was M.P. for Hull in 1555 and again
in 1572. He died in 1591 at the age of 71. The next two sections
describe two Daltons who served other areas as M.P.'s,
Thomas Dalton for Leicester in 1455-6, and Richard Dalton for Worcester in
1478.
We have
more information about John Dalton M.P. for Derby in 1659-61. He was born
in 1610, and married Anne Pyott. He seems to have been on Parliament's side in the Civil War. He was ill in 1667, with gout,
and in 1670 his appointment as a J.P. was terminated because he was on the side
of the dissenters. He died in 1679.
Roger
Dalton of Kirkby Misperton has already been discussed in a series of articles in
the DGSJ. by Dick Hamilton. He was M.P. for Lancaster in 1589. In
1594 he sold his lands at Kirkby Misperton and settled on his estate in
Ireland. He died in 1597.
Robert
Dalton, born before 1533, served as mayor of Carlisle in 1558. In 1561, he
became M.P. for Carlisle. When he stood to be mayor again in 1564, there
was a riot, and in April 1567, he was summoned before the Privy Council and
imprisoned for a short time, but in 1568-9, he became mayor again.
John
Dalton was another Elizabethan M.P. serving for Saltash in 1563, 1571 and 1572,
for Loswithial in 1584 and 1586 and for Preston in 1593. He was a leading
Puritan M.P. and made a speech saying “God forbid that any Scot shall ever have
an interest in this Crown“. He was hauled before the privy Council and
denied he had said any such thing. In 1571 John had distanced himself from
the Puritans and promoted a bill that “all must attend Anglican Service“.
When the
Queen of Scots issue came to a head, John was again in the debates, on the side
of the conservatives. His contribution to the increasing power of the Star
Chamber was one fact which led to the violence of the 1640's, a depressing end to this account of Daltons who were
M.P.'s.
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Useful research sites for genealogists by Millicent V. Craig |
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The family tree of the Daltons of Tignish by Jack R. Richards |
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A Dalton family of Carlisle by Humphrey Stead |
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John
Dalton married Elizabeth McKnight at Carlisle in 1826 and they had 13
children. The eldest Mary married John Wright in 1826 at Carlisle.
John Dalton was a Corn Miller and Cotton Manufacturer at Cummersdale Mills in
the 1841 census. John was the son of Thomas Dalton and Mary nee
Patterson. He was baptised at St. Cuthbert's,
Carlisle in 1784, the middle one of five children. The inscriptions on a
tomb in St. Mary's, Carlisle record that Alice Elizabeth
wife of Mr. Thomas Dalton of Carlisle, died in 1744 age 29, and is buried there
together with several other members of the family.
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Births |
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Genevieve Kathryn BUNDY |
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10th Dec. 2000. |
Nicholas Max and Natalie Marie DALTON (twins) |
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10th Dec. 2000. |
Nathaniel John Malcolm FISHER |
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2nd Feb. 2001. |
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Marriages |
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Deaths |
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Kirsty Jane CAMERON (Kitty) |
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23rd April 2001. |
Peter Dalton CONSTABLE |
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30th Sept. 2000. |
Marie Louise Hurlburd DALTON |
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7th Sept 2000. |
Edward DRUCE |
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11th Oct. 2000. |
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Book Review |
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News from America by Millicent V. Craig |
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She
reports on the Activities of the Dalton Enquiry team, in particular K. T.
Mapstone's work on Irish Daltons with help from Ciaran
Dalton, Mary Weber-Elias, on the organisation of our data base, Mike Dalton of
Portland, Oregon who has listed all Daltons who landed at the port of New York,
Robert E. Dalton who has listed all Daltons who were born outside California but
died in California, Michael Cayley who provided English data, Diana Jackman who
copied more Newfoundland data and Betty Wilkes who copyed Dalton data from
Limehouse, London. Millicent also reports on the articles on the Webb page
and the work on DNA.
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Australian News from your Australian Secretary Maureen Collins |
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Here is
a photo of Canadian cousins descended from Zebadee Dalton, together with a short
family tree. She reports also on the work of Kate Bryant who is descended
from Daltons in Killkenny, Ireland. Another Australian member Judy
Woodlock wants help in tracing her Daltons in Kings Newnham, Warwickshire.
June Self gives details of her Irish family.
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New members up to April 2001. |
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Carl
Dalton, Lloyd L. Dalton, Mrs Wendy Fleming, Doc Hurt. Margaret Kearns, Sally
Poole, Mrs. Grace Ralston, Robert and Velma Richardson, Humphrey Stead, Nathan
P. Strause III, Mrs. Betty Kirk Watson.
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Changes of address |
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Vital information for genealogists |
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