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Contents Letter from the Chairman Michael Dalton comments on the very successful weekend in Wales, and outlines the future plans for the Society. Newsletter; The D.G.S. DNA project This reports on the DNA testing of male members of the Society with long ancestral lines such as the Bispham Daltons and the Irish Daltons. Notes are given on how to get their DNA tested. Births, Marriages and Deaths Births Parry Stark Lovell RYAN 26th November 2002 This is a new grandchild for Melanie Dalton Crain and a son for Andrew and Heather (Crain) Ryan. Gwynn Marie ROTHHAMMER 18th December 2002 Sam and Millicent Craig have a new great grand child. Jack Ellis DALTON 11th April 2003 A first grandchild for Audrey and David Dalton of Hade Edge. Phoebe Levon SMITH 17th February 2003 Daveda and Richard Bundy have a new grandchild. Marriages Lorna Grace DALTON to Craig William WICKENS 11th May 2002 Lorna is the daughter of James Neale and Tina Dalton. Carol Ann MERCER to Eric Thomas JEFFERIES 29th June 2002 Eric is the son of the late Wesley Jeffries. Deaths Scott Rodney DALTON 7th September 1961 to 10th January 2003 Scott was the son of Rodney Dalton. I’m Free This is a poem about the death of Scott. Family History events in 2003 This lists in advance five Family History events in 2003. Miscellaneous Notes and Queries M. N.& Q. 38.1 Hearsay isn’t History This reports a conversation between Dick Hamilton and Joyce Parker about the battle of Worcester and the flight into Wales. M. N.& Q. 38.2 Another coincidence This coincidence is that Victor Dalton bought a watercolour by Alfred Bamford. He also got a copy of the 1901 census for London. His ancestor was living in Islington and next door but one was living the painter Alfred Bamford. M. N. & Q. 38.3 Photographs by Stephen Dalton In January 2003, some of his photographs of wild birds were on a series of British Postage stamps. M. N. & Q. 38.4 Manchester Southern Cemetery. In this cemetery, the grave C104 is that of Jane Elizabeth wife of John Dalton, also John, Amy Jane, Annie and Harry Dalton. It was reported by our Editor, John Dalton. M. N. & Q. 38.5 Durham miners Several Daltons have lost their lives in Coal mines. A list of some of them is on the website, www.dmm.org.uk. The West Berkshire Doltons by Eric Dolton This article tries to trace the family before 1730. Some are found as far back as 1589, in Lambourn. Thomas had a family there when he died in 1637, and Stephen married there in 1600. Another family name is Henry, who lived at Woodlands, which is the lower end of the parish, and he had a family there starting in 1654. Then there is a gap until 1747 and these Doltons have been recorded in the book “Going with the Grain“. Revisiting the Early Daltons by Michael Cayley Michael says that no Daltons came over with William ’s army in 1066. Mrs. Leaning starts her account of the family with Sir Richard of Bispham, but Daltons were in Northern England as early as 1208 when several families held land in Northumberland and Yorkshire. Wakefield Manor Court rolls, contain several references to Daltons, and in 1242, Richard de Dalton held land in Seaton. There is no proof that these were ancestors of the Newcastle Daltons in the 1400’s. The first East Anglian Dalton was John who lived in Great Yarmouth in 1298. The Byspham Daltons may be related to the Dutton family, given the fluidity of medeaeval spelling. They were a well known family in Lancashire about 1300. The 1558 Visitation by the Herald, Lawrence Dalton, has a pedigree of the Kirby Misperton Daltons back to Sir Richard of Bispham. His second son John was the founder of this line and was the Bailiff of the castle at Pickering, as well as warden of the forests round there. Heis duties extended as far as the coast of Yorkshire. Sir John’s brother Sir Robert of Bispham, rebelled against the King, Edward II, and was put into Pickering Castle, but was released in 1323. He regained royal favour and was appointed the King’s Keeper of the forest between the Mersey and the Loune. He was a rich man, and held the manor of Apthorpe. In 1340 he was appointed Keeper of the Tower of London until 1346. In 1347, Sir Robert’s son Sir John abducted the Prince of Wales’ hostess, (mistress?) Margery de la Beche. This is told in detail in Mrs. Leaning’s book. Margery died in 1349. Sir Robert and Sir John were both pardoned and got their lands back. Note printing error in this article. Sir John attended Parliament in 1360, not 1369. He died in a fight in 1369. Despite the trouble with Margary, the Dalton family still had close links with the King. Another of Sir Robert’s son’s, William, had a key position in the royal household, as keeper of the Wardrobe which was the financial heart of the Monarchy. Ralph De Dalton was another senior official in the Wardrobe in 1297. He was empowered to raise and provision troops for the Scottish wars. William, son of Ralph, was also an official in the Wardrobe in 1322. Ralph’s work was almost always concerned with the north of England. He retired about 1327. His son, William de Dalton was Edward III’s chief servant. He was a very rich man in deed, having more that 15 Church livings for income, as well as his salary. He lent the King money on several occasions, and was allowed to oversee the trade in wool on his own account. In 1338, he was promoted to Cofferer of the Great Wardrobe, which involved foreign travel. He was captured by the King‘s enemies, but soon released.. In 1340, he was granted the privilege of exporting wool tax free, and in 1344, he was promoted again to Controller of the Wardrobe, the position of being second in command of the King’s money. The head of the Wardrobe, was called the Keeper. William had a period of leave to study in Oxford, in 1350. In 1353 he was appointed Keeper of the Wardrobe, the most powerful official in the King’s Royal Household. He was also the chief tax collector. He retired about 1361 and died in 1371. Other Daltons held high office in the Wardrobe. In 1343, Ralph de Dalton was a clerk in the Wardrobe; in May 1349, John de Dalton was given a living at Wing, and in 1361, he had a Canonry at York. In August 1349, Peter de Dalton was granted a living at Great Houghton, and he may have been the same man who later was Treasurer of Lincoln cathedral, and died in 1405. In 1357, Thomas de Dalton was tax collector for East Anglia, and in 1413, John Dalton was the receiver for Wales. He was the last of the medieval Daltons who were state officials, The Founding of Dalton, Georgia, by Millicent V. Craig. The land where Dalton now stands was inhabited by the Indians, who were removed by force to Oklahoma, so that a township called Cross Plains could be built. It was developed by Edward White, whose father was Leonard White and whose mother Mary was a direct descendant of Philemon Dalton. Edward was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and went to New York to set up in a shoe making business with two of his brothers. In 1836, a railroad was commissioned to be built from Atlanta to the Mississippi river with a depot at Cross Plains. A second railway was to be built in 1845, to join the first one from Knoxville at this depot. By now, White was an agent for a group of northern financiers. He saw the opportunity and bought a square mile of land where the new junction was to be built. He drew up a plan of the new city to be called Dalton which was presented to the City Mayor in 1846. A considerable investment was made, but this early history was lost in a fire at the court house, about 1850. Some years later, J. T. Whitman wrote his memories of the town in 1847. This is reproduced here. The first train to come to the depot arrived at 11am and for weeks afterwards, Mr. White was selling plots of land nearby at $25 each. A boom developed in Cross Plains which was now called Dalton, after Edward’s mother. For the next 16 years Edward developed the community. He founded the Militia and so got the title Captain. Then he built the first non denominational church The Dalton First Church. He married in 1848 and had 8 children. He was a Baptist but he gave a plot of land for a new church to the Baptists. Then he donated land for a Courthouse and a public Square. When the War broke out in 1861, Georgia seceded from the Union. He removed is family to Atlanta. Some major battles in the war took place near the railroad depot. One between General Bragg and General Rosecrans‘ forces , at Chicamauga led to 35,000 casualties. General Sherman assembled 98,000 troops near Dalton. A Union garrison of 50,000 opposed them. Sherman then marched on Atlanta. Edward had a boxcar with an engine fired up outside his house, and he escaped with his family to Macon, Georgia. For 120 days, battles were fought along the railway line for 100 miles. Reconstruction followed the war. Dalton returned to his home, helped to repair the railway system and built a new line between Rome and Atlanta. In the 1880 census, Edward was living with his wife and six of their children, in the family home. He died there is 1898. One hundred years after his death, his great grand son presented a collection of his books to Historical Society in Dalton. More than half of them were of a religious nature. In Dalton, recovery proceeded slowly, as the railroad and the town were rebuilt. In 1895, a girl made a chenille bedspread by hand, and the demand was so great for more these chenille bedspreads that a new industry was started in Dalton. By the 1920’s there were about 10,000 home tufters in Georgia. By the 1930’s machines were producing similar rugs and carpets. After the second world war, the return of the military brought new growth to Georgia. By the 1950’s, man made fibres were used and Dalton boomed. There was a mass market for wall to wall carpeting. But by the 1980’s there was a shortage of workers in this booming industry, so workers had to be brought from Mexico. Dalton Georgia is now the Carpet Capital of the world. Of an annual demand for new carpets worth $11 billion, about two thirds is satisfied by Dalton workers. As an annual replacement demand of about $7 billion is still growing, the future of Dalton is bright. Edward could never have imagined such a growth even in his wildest dreams. The Dalton and Prytherch Family by John Daniel Prytherch These families were linked in 1795 by the marriage at Carmarthen of Daniel Prytherch and Margaret Dalton. Daniel was descended from Rhys of Llandovery, who died in 1699. Margaret descended from James Dalton who died in the 1720’s. In the Church at Brechfa, there is a plaque commemorating their lives. Its text is reproduced in this article. Margaret’s brother James was the husband of Catherina Augusta. She died in 1813, and James returned to Carmarthan, with their children, where he died in 1823. One of his daughters, Caroline Catherine Dalton married her cousin Daniel Prytherch of Abergolau. He became Mayor of Carmarthan and Deputy Lieutenant of Carmarthanshire. They had 13 children, who all carried the name Dalton as a Christian name. A photo of their son James Dalton Prythurch, and a shortened family tree are given here. Binders for the D.G.S. Journal This is an advert for the binders for the Journals, or any other A5 publications. News from America by Millicent V. Craig She lists the people who will be flying over to the Welsh meeting, including Kate Mapstone, who will have spent two weeks in Ireland before she gets to Wales. Eric Dalton of Michigan visited Ireland last year, and has photos of the Mount Dalton property. Millicent was invited to Rick Dalton’s home to see the painting of Lands End, by Thomas Ormond Dalton, which he bought in England. Norman Pierce went over to the funeral of his cousin Mrs. Peggy Dalton of Croston. In 2003, the D.G,S, newsletter entered its 6th year of publication. The index to D.G.S. Journals is now in its web site, and has become very popular. The Dalton Data bank has increased by over 80,000 entries in the year. All U.K. and U.S. counties have been processed, with a few exceptions, as well as data for Ireland, Wales, Australia and elsewhere. The site has 1000 visits a month. The D.N.A. project proceeds and many D.G.S. members are participating. A number of Bispham Daltons have already been identified. An Irish base line, is being constructed, and several male Daltons agreed to take the test at the Welsh meeting. Accounts for 2001 There was a healthy surplus of £634 for 2001. Book reviews Surnames and Genealogy by George Raymonds, Published by the F. F. H. S. in 2002, at £14.80. George is an expert in the field and this is a good book on to the subject. Review of Dalton’s unfortunate choice By R. W. Jones, in Notes Rec. Royal Society, Vol. 57(1) pp 15-33, 2003 This paper discusses Dr. John Dalton’s lack of provision for his biography to be published after his death. The man he asked to do this, had family problems so did nothing until ten years after Dalton‘s death, when he published a memoir. The Manchester Lit. & Phil. Soc, commissioned a History of Dalton’s Atomic Theory, Lonsdale wrote of his early life, and all three works relied on an unpublished memoir, by John Woolley as most of Dalton’s original papers were destroyed in the bombing of Manchester in December 1940. Change of Address. Elizabeth Cameron has moved from Dunkeld to “Hope Cottage”, Strathtay, PH9 0PG. Perthshire, Scotland. Tel. 01887-840212. New Members These have joined since October 1st, 2002. Mrs. Catherine Gibson-Brabazon, Jack Richards, Dr. W. T. G, Dalton, Steven Andrew Dalton. Dawn Songs in Babylon. By L. J. Slater This is a poem about the gulf wars. |
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Contents 2004 Gathering This is an announcement of the meeting in 2004 at Preston Births, Marriages and Deaths Births
Kaden Forsman DALTON-DEAN 11th June 2003 A grandchild for Rodney and Tracy Dalton. Mia Scarlett CAMERON 18th October 2000 A grandchild for Peter Cameron and Elizabeth, our editor. Celena Faye FLOYD 14th August 2003 A grandchild for D.G.S. members Cindy and Joe Norwood. Phoebe Levon SMITH 17th February 2003 This announcement was repeated from the previous Journal. Marriage Lisa Jane HOLLINGWORTH to Edward Robert DALTON 28th June 2003 This is a new daughter-in-law for Audrey and David Dalton. Deaths Frederick William DALTON III 24th November 2002 He was a first cousin of Daveda Bundy. Mary Naomi WILLES nee Dalton 10th January 2003 She also was a first cousin of Daveda Bundy, Nellie Jone WHEELER nee Dalton 13th July 2003 She was an aunt of Daveda Bundy. Family History Events in 2004. This is a list of four such meetings in 2004 Miscellaneous Notes and Queries M. N. & Q. 39.1 Some Irish Descendants of Sir Roger Dalton Sir Roger went from Yorkshire to Ireland where he died in 1598. A will of 1798 of a Roger Dalton of Waterford may be connected. He leaves all his property to Juliana Coghlan, and in a codicil, of 1803, he leaves one shilling each to two children of his wife Isabella, who has eloped and one shilling each to the children of his late brother Thomas, M. N. & Q. 39.2 Some Lancashire Daltons Reg Nicholosn of New Zealand, has certificates of both his grandparents, the birth in 1865, of his grandfather John, son of Edward Dalton, Wheelwright, and Jane Dalton formerly Morley, in Walton, Liverpool, the death of John Blackhurst Dalton in 1937, age 71, a brewer’s labourer, of Litherland, Liverpool, and the death, in 1949, of his widow Mary Ann Dalton, age 79, also of Litherland, Liverpool. She was born Mary Harvey, in Dunbarton, Scotland. M. N. & Q. 39.3 Edward Dalton born Manchester, England. Edward was born in Newton Heath in 1857. He went to Utah, and in the census of 1862, he lived in Toole County, a farmer, with his wife Celestia Bates Dalton. They had about six children. M. N. & Q. 39.4 Is Franklin of English or Irish descent? His ancestors were John Dalton, form about 1718 and his wife Rachel. They had a son, Moses Dalton, born 1760, and died in 1819. Moses had a land grant after service in the army and settled in Mason county, Kentucky. He married Mary Baker Fristoe in 1786, in Virginia, and they had 11 children, Moses served again in the war of 1812. He changed the spelling of his surname to Daulton. His son was George Daulton 1797-1850, who also had a son George Daulton 1826-1910. Franklin’s grand father was William Daulton, 1882-1957, and his father was Russell Daulton, 1912-2002. M. N. & Q. 39.5 Mount Dalton Country by K. T. Mapstone This is an account of Kate’s journey with her husband, around the countryside of Westmeath in Ireland. On the road between Tullamore and Kilbeggan, they visited the Durrow High Cross. The path led to a church. The High Cross itself in over 12 feet high and dtes from about 950 A.D. It is covered with intricate Celtic designs. From Killbiggen, we took the road to Rathconrath and found the property known as Mount Dalton. There is fishing to be enjoyed on Lough Dalton. The estate is often visited by D. G. S. members. We were invited into the Mansion itself and we hope to return for an other visit in 2005. M. N. & Q. 39.6 Who was Mr. Dalton In a book about the architect Edward Lutyens, by Jane Ridley, on page 122, we read “In the office, worked a shorthand man named Dalton, who had accompanied Colonel Spencer through the Berber campaign.” On page 139, we read “Dalton, the ex-Camel Corps secretary bolted with £400.” M. N. & Q. 39.7 The wrong way of the stuff, twice. Lucy remembers how she went to an early promenade Concert at the Albert Hall just after the war, and the young man with her fainted. So she spent the rest of the concert in a side room with him. Fifty years later Lucy went to the Festival hall to receive a very belated Degree certificate. She was accompanied by her relative Marian Haigh as she had not been well. All went well for me, but this time Marian fainted and once again I had to go with her into a side room until she recovered. M. N. & Q. 39.8 A puzzle by Millicent Craig Millicent found a Will of Alexander Willmot, dated between 1708 and 1728, in which he left to his son “a book called Dalton”. What book could he mean? The will is too early for the usual Dalton references. Could it have been one written by Michael Dalton the great lawyer? A study of the Dalton Surname by Mike Dalton. Place names. The name Dalton may come from dael meaning a dale, And ton can mean a settlement. After 1066, William I had written a Doomsday book, listing villages. Thus the name Aleton predates 1086. Settlers went to Ireland after 1169, to Rathconrqth, and that was called Dalton’s Country. In North America, early settlers are recorded before 1700. Origins. Cottle’s book “The History of Surnames,” lists 14 places with the name, in the North of England. There was a total of 2,894 Daltons who listed the Cumberland region in South eastern U.S.A. as their birthplace. In the 1881 census of Canada, there are 766 Daltons listed.
Authors American Surnames by Eldon C. Smith, heads a list of other useful reference books. Census There are 6,581 Daltons named in the 1881 census of England. Other census records are listed for Ireland, and the U.S.A. where 10,603 Daltons are listed in the 1880 census. In “Irish Families, their Names, Arms and Origins“, by MacLyusaught, published in 1985, in Dublin, there is a long discussion of the name Dalton and its connection with the area of Westmeath, Another important work is “The Dictionary of Irish Family Names” By Ida Grehan, published in 1997, in Dublin. Here it is stated that the family came from France. Fascinating facts These entertaining facts are from Dr. Colin Chapman’s book, How Heavy, How much and How long.. Welsh snippets, part 1, by Owen J. Vaughan, This extracts all references to Dalton in “The History of Llantag.” The will of Thomas Dalton, Rector of Crunwere, Pembrokeshire was proved at St. David’s in 1839. . It mentions his son, James. Jury service in Crunwere from 1786 to 1900, was governed by strict criteria, which are given here. Some records are missing. Extracts from the Narberth Weekly News, One of the district’s oldest inhabitants Mrs. Elizabeth Raymond died at the age of 89 on 27th July 1939. The memories of Elsie Davis of Crunwere, are recounted in 2002. She was then 94 years old. In 1925, some old memories of Amroth, are recounted by Mr. Ben Price who lived in the Mill in 1863, when the Miller’s name was Daulton. At Crunwere, there was a family called Dalton who were related to the late Rector. In February 1924, the Reverend Dalton, Rector of Crumwere, was remembered by Robert Davis of Swansea, whose grandfather had lived with him as a servant. In 1848, James Dalton late of Norton in Crunwere, and three others, had a charge on land called Norton in Crunwere. The Tavernspite Turnpike Trust, In 1808, an Act was passed for the upkeep of roads, in Crunwere. There is a lot of correspondence about where the road should run, and most said “Not in my Back Yard.“ By 1851 there was a toll house in Crunwere. In 1828, The Vicar of St. Eildor’s Crunwere, Thomas Dalton, wrote to give his consent for the new road. Another letter raised a loan of £1000 for the road through Crunwere. These documents showed that there was no toll house at Crunwere before 1834, and that it had been closed by 1889, when “The old toll house at Crunwere” was the subject of a conveyance. Apart from the Rev. Thomas, Dalton, the Rev. James Dalton also gave his consent together with five others, and one person dissented. The Dalton family There is a section on the family of Dr. James Dalton and his wife Sarah, most of which has already been covered in several other articles. Graham Mortimer and his sister Donna Burland had a maternal grandmother called Elizabeth Dalton. They have here traced her family back over family back over 11 generations to Walter Dalton III who fled into Wales after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The will of Elizabeth Howels of Crunwere, 1812, is transcribed here. It gives a list of bequests to her relatives and other people and is witnessed by Thomas and James Dalton. It was proved at Carmarthen in 1814. Finally we have lists of Daltons, in the 1841 Census, Elizabeth Dalton and her family at Tenby, Thomas Dalton and his family at Rhys Crowther, and James Dalton at Pembroke. In the 1851 census, John Dalton and Charles Dalton with their families both at Tenby. In the 1871 census, Charles is an agricultural labourer lodging at Penally. A Lancashire Dalton connection in Wales by John Daniel Prytherch In “The Treasury of Historic Carmarthanshire,” by Francis Jones. Welsh Herald Extraordinary, there is mention of the Rudd family of Aberglasney, Llangathen. Anthony Rudd, Bishop of St. David’s, died 1614/15, married Anne Dalton of Thurnham. They had three children, one of whom was Sir Rice Rudd, who died in 1664. Sir Rice married Jane ap Rhys, and they had four children. The youngest was Thomas, who married Anne Newsham and they had five children. After Thomas died Anne married John Edwards. Later, James Dalton married Ayliffe Edwards of Rhydygore. Mr. Prytherch wants to know if Anne Newsham was the mother of Ayliffe? There is a loose pull out given with the Journal, of the Rudd family tree. My Grandmother’s Oldham by L. J. Slater This paper is to add background colour to the families already described in previous papers. It describes the growth of the town of Oldham with two maps and some photos. The market was always the centre of the town and several branches of the family earned their living there. Their activities and how my father picked up his courage to propose are described here. Joseph Dalton and Jane Weightman by Tina Culbertson Joseph and Jane were both born in 1805, and Joseph married Jane at Dalston, in Cumbria on the 6th of March 1831. The birth of their daughter Ann was imminent. She arrived on the 6th April 1831. They moved to Burnrigg, Wetheral, and lived at the Cotton works where Joseph was a cotton spinner. Their son Isaac was born in 1833. Three more children were born, Elizabeth (1837), William (1838) and Joseph (1840). The family then moved to Great Corby. The 1841 census record for the family is given here. They left England for America, with their five children, sometime between June 1841 and October 1842. A sixth child Mary, was born in Pennsylvania in 1842. After moving several times, they settled finally in Upland, where a seventh child Jane, was born in 1846. A new mill opened there in 1847 and Joseph was employed as a weaver. In 1850, their eighth and last child John was born. A description of the township of Upland is given. The Daltons at4nded services at the Upland Baptist Church. In 1853, Ann married ands moved west to Kansas. In 1861, Joseph‘s three sons were in the war. In 1862, Joseph himself retired from weaving and became the postmaster of Upland. In 1870, he became a night watchman. In 1870, both were 64 years old. In 1878, Jane died in her sleep aged 73 after 47 years of marriage. Joseph followed her thirteen months later in 1880. Photo of the 2003 Gathering in South Wales.
International DNA Project by Millicent V. Craig By October 1st,, 2003, 24 male members have had their DNA tested. Four lines have emerged. Byspham Daltons, The Junior Dalton line, The Manchester\Oldham line, and the Irish Cluster. Those members who have not had a good match, fall into three groups, English roots, Irish roots, and American roots. Millicent appeals to those male members who have not had their DNA analysed, to have it done. It costs $169 and takes about six weeks. News from America by Millicent V. Craig Twelve new members have joined since October 2002. Some details of eleven of them are given here, and some are given in the New Members list below. The USA regional DNA project Family tree DNA has offered to compare the DNA of DGS members, from their Family Tree tests, with that of the DGS tests. Carol Jefferies of Ontario, Canada, would like to make contact with any Daltons descended from Waterford jn Ireland. The DNA tests have shown a match between Frank Dalton of California and Eric Dalton of Missouri. Ciaran Dalton is now also linked to this pair. Mike Dalton of Oregon wrote up his experiences in Wales followed by a trip to Ireland. He is now revising the entire Irish Dalton Data bank. On January 1st 2001, the DGS web magazine Daltons in History, will start its seventh year of publication. October 2003 is the third anniversary of the Dalton Data bank, which now holds over 100,000 Dalton surnames which makes it the one of the largest one-name compilations in the world. The web site of Indexes of the Journals, covers their contents from 1970 to 2000. Millicent urges all male Daltons to join in the DNA study. The AGM in Wales was attended by a large group of American members. Report from Australia by Maureen Collins There was a committee meeting on 1st March, 2003 at Reigate. The AGM for 2003 was in Wales, from 30th May to 1st June. The Gower peninsular mjst be one of the most beautiful places in the United Kingdom. We toured Kidwelly and Langharne Castles and saw Dalton burials at Pembray and Carmarthan Churches. And the weather was fine. Tthere is to be an Australian meeting in January 2004, in the area of my home. John Prythurch and Virgina Higgins are working on further articles about Daltons who went to Australia. Minutes of the Annual General Meeting for 2003. This was attended by 25 members and apologies were received from five others. Members had travelled from Brazil, U.S.A. and Australia. The Chairman spoke of the hard work put in by the committee members, preparing fir this meeting,, getting the Journal out twice a year, and getting the Webb site out every month, enlarging the data base, and the progress of the DNA project The Treasurer presented his report, and said that there was a surplus for 2002 of £800. He also reminded members of the Dalton memorabilia which was on sale. The Secretary presented her report and thanked people for their good wishes after her recent operation, It was decided that the three committee members, John Dalton, Elizabeth Cameron, and Lucy Slater be formed into an Editorial subcommittee. All the present Officers of the Committee were re-elected unopposed., The Editor then gave his report and urged members to increase the flow of articles for the Journal. No report was received from the Librarian, but Michael Dalton thanked him, in his absence, for all his hard work. Arthur Whittaker asked for an index of the Library’s contents to be made available. The Australian Secretary reported that, though small, the Australian group was flourishing. She had collected £146 from 18 paying members and two honorary ones. One of these, Keith Johnson; was honoured by being made a Member of the Order of Australia for his services to genealogy. A meeting was to be held at Maureen’s home on January 3rd, 2004. The American Secretary presented her report. There were 650 "hits" a month on the website. The DNA project had started with Derek Dalton of Croston the first to be tested. Michael proposed that Millicent be elected an Honorary Life member of the Society for all her hard work. This was carried unanimously. The gathering of the Society in 2004 is to be held in Lancashire, during the summer, and Ireland may be the venue for the 2005 meeting. Arthur Whittaker suggested an American Gathering in 2006. The meeting closed at 12.35 pm. The accounts for 2002 These showed an increase of £803. Book reviews The Family Historian’s Pocket Dictionary by Stuart Raymond. It is alphabetically arranged from Administration Books to Window Taxes and has a large number of references. Emigrants who went to America 1699-1799, on CD, with John Hotton as the editor. This is 500 pages of genealogical gold dust. Changes of address Rodney Dalton has moved from Ogden to 429 West 2125 North, Harrisville, Utah 84404, U.S.A. Scott and Dawn Kamerath now live at #2 Bldg. H, 1129 South 1000 East, Provo, Utah 84606m U.S.A. New members Margaret Clark, Frank J. Dalton, Norman G. Dalton, Robert P. Dalton, Steven Dalton, Stephen Earl Dalton, Todd Dalton, Franklin Thomas Dalton, Florence B. Dickinson, Ernest A. Howell, Lettie F. Kirby, Margaret Mollick, Donna M. Moore, Bill Dalton Phillips. The Kitty Cameron Memorial Fund She died in April 2001, age 20, the daughter of our editor, Elizabeth. The fund is to finance a fellowship at the University of Dundee, in her memory. The article has a photo of Kitty.
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