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Contents The 2004 Gathering This is a note confirming the arrangements for the weekend in Preston. Births, Marriages and Deaths Births Thomas Michael COLLIN 6th November 2003 A grandson for our Chairman, Michael Dalton Emily Ethel FISHER 5th November 2003 A grand-daughter for DGS member Dorothy Bunyard Marriage Samantha Lynn CRAIG to Donald Ray SMITH 27th September 2003 Samantha is the grand-daughter of Millicent Craig, our American Secretary. Deaths Bernice DALTON 26th January 2004 Bernice is the mother of DGS member Delores Dalton. Mildred Leonta DALTON 24th February 2004 Mildred is the wife of DGS member Dale Dalton of Florida. Nancy Pierce HUTCHENSON 13th October 2003 Nancy is the sister of DGS member Norman Pierce of Darien, Connecticut. Kenneth Richard KOFFLER 4th May 2003 Kenneth is the brother of DGS member Stephanie Koffler. Family History Events in 2004 This lists five conferences being held during 2004. Miscellaneous Notes and Queries M. N. & Q. 40.1 A Dalton Disaster Charles Dalton wrote a letter to his kinsman in Ireland, saying that he was sailing to New Zealand. The ship, ”The Cospatrick“, sailed from Gravesend in September 1874, with 476 people on board. When off the Cape of Good Hope, on November 17th, the ship set on fire, and only one boat got away. Of the people in that boat, all died of hunger and thirst, except five who were picked up by “The British Sceptre“. Two of these died soon afterwards, and the three survivors were put ashore at St. Helena. M. N. & Q. 40.2 DNA Revelations Stephen Dalton had a surprise when he got his DNA results. He thought his family was Scottish or Irish, but he found markers in his DNA for an Iberian or Arabic ancestry. There is evidence of a large crypto-Jewish population, the Melungeons, in Virginia. M. N. & Q. 40.3 Looking for Lincolnshire Daltons Pat Bowman of Tennennee is descended from George Dalton who married Elizabeth Gosling in Boston, Lincolnshire in 1821. They had three children, Matthew (1822), George Henry (1825), and Isaac (1830), all christened at Stickney, Lincolnshire. George Henry Dalton married Sarah Fuller from Scotland. Their first child was James Thomas Dalton born in England in 1849, and, then in 1854, they emigrated to Central Falls, Rhode Island where they had a second child, Margaret Ann Dalton, born in 1857. James Thomas is Pat’s great-grandfather, Pat found a nephew, Clint Graham, and hopes his DNA may shed light on her Lincolnshire ancestors. M. N. & Q. 40.4 A Dalton murderer James Dalton, born in Bowness, U.K. was hanged for murder in Tasmania in 1853. Will anyone claim him as an ancestor? M. N. & Q. 40.5 Nottingham Whip Makers James Wormelle is descended from William Dalton born in Nottingham about 1821 who was a whip maker in the 1881 census there. He and his wife Mary Ann emigrated to Brockden, Massachusetts where they had a hat making business. Their last male descendant died there in 1985. There were other clusters of whip makers recorded in the Midlands and James needs to find any descendants to check their DNA with his own. M. N. & Q. 40.6 Battle of Trafalgar The roll for 21st October 1805, has Charles Dalton, ordinary seaman on H. M. S. Defiance. M. N. & Q. 40.7 Dalton over the Border Charles Dalton, Gentleman, of London. married Frances Morris also from London in 1821 at Coldingham, Berwickshire. Perhaps they eloped! M. N. & Q. 40.8 A Utah Dalton Gang? At the Utah Third District Court, we have, in 1884, Henry and Simon Dalton, for grand larceny; in 1900, Ed Dalton for burglary and, in 1902, Ed Dalton again for assault with intent to rob. M. N. & Q. 40.9 The Duelin’ Doolin Daltons In an album, by a folk group, The Eagles, there are several songs about the Daltons. Here the words are given of one of them. M. N. & Q. 40.10 A 15th century medial negligence claim. In London, in 1424, William Forest made a complaint against John Harwe, Simon Rolf and John Dalton, barber and surgeon, for a great effusion of blood from his thumb, during surgery, which was staunched by John Dalton. The complaint was dismissed and the defendants were cleared of any wrong doing. M. N. & Q. 40.11 Christy Minstrels who were Daltons. The Christy minstrels started about 1820 and continued until about 1890. Three members of an English Dalton family Edward and his two sons Edward and John, were listed as Christy minstrels in the 1871 census for Whitechapel. Eric Ralph Dalton James, R.A.F. by Howard J. Dalton Eric Dalton James was born in 1917, and became an engineering draughtsman. He joined the R.A.F in 1938, and took part in 31 bombing raids over Berlin and Hamburg. He was posted to the middle East in 1941, and was promoted to Flying Officer. In 1943, he was killed, when his plane crashed in a sand storm. He was carrying V.I.P. passengers, including Lady Tedder wife of Air Vice Marshal Tedder. The West Berkshire Doltons, Part 2, by Eric Dolton Note. Part 2 is a misprint. This is in fact part 3. Part 2 will follow in the next Journal. The parish records of Speen in Berkshire show some Dalton entries before 1720, which however do not tie in with the later family lines. Also there is some confusion as the marriage of John Dolton does not appear in part 1. The part we are considering now, must be part 3, for the author says at the end, “the rest of the family will be considered in part 4.” From 1720, onwards, this article, part 3, gives the various families, Henry Dolton who married Mary Suce in 1725, and Peter Dolton who married Mary Excell in 1728. The book “Going with the Grain” starts with the marriage of Henry to Sarah in about 1730. They had at least 8 children, listed here. Another family is that of William an Anne, who had at least 5 children. The rest of the article considers the offspring of these families. There are some very distinct differences from the families given in “Going with the Grain“, mainly the addition of several extra children in almost every marriage. Joseph Dalton & Jane Weightman, part 2. By Tina Culbertson This article considers the children listed in the first part, in greater detail and with some lovely old photographs. Anne Dalton married William Newton who was a dairy farmer, in 1853, in Upland. They had 8 children, who are listed here. Her brother Isaac worked in the cotton mill at Upland, and married May Dickinson Hill in 1856. They had 7 children. In 1860, Isaac was employed as a coachman. In the war, he joined the Upland Volunteers and served with his younger brother William under Captain Crozer, until they were disbanded in 1863. He founded a bakery in Chester in 1864, but also worked as a head groom, on the Crozer estate. He died in 1896 and is buried in the Chester cemetery. His sister Elizabeth was born in England in 1837. Aged 21, she married John Martin, in 1857 and they had five children. John worked as a weaver in the Upland cotton mill, and their children went to work in the same mill. William Dalton was born in 1838, in Wetheral, Cumberland. About 1858, he married Sarah Ann Anderson whose parents were both Irish. They had five children, all boys. William worked in the same mill as his father and brothers. William became a deacon in the Upland Baptist Church. It is not known when he died. A Dalton family of New South Wales by Michael Cayley Thomas Dalton married Anne Snowdon, at Burton Agnes in Yorkshire. Their first child was John, born in 1833. Thomas died about 1840. After his father died, John became a sailor, sailing to the antipodes. By the age of 40, he decided to settle in New South Wales, where he married Margaret Otto. She died of small pox, soon after the birth of their first and only child, Annie in 1881. He married again in 1882, to Eliza Cox. By his second wife, he had 6 children. He owned a number of ships, which did a fish and shell fish trade for the city of Sidney and he died in 1912. His brother William born in 1838, never married but joined his brother John in Australia. He also died in 1912. Their sister Ann was born in 1840, married George Beck and emigrated to Tasmania where she died in 1908. Their brother Francis died as a teenager in Yorkshire. The second child of Thomas, James was born in 1835. He was a clever lad and became a pupil teacher. Then he went to Cambridge. After his graduation, he went to Devon, where he was a teacher. Ten years later, he became headmaster of a Wesleyan School in Manchester, and helped to teach at the Ragged School there. He became ill and after his recovery, he became headmaster of a smaller school at Lower Broughton. Under his command it soon became a very large school indeed, of over 1200 children. His health suffered again. He retired and went to join his brother John in Australia. There he founded an ecumenical Sunday school, and helped to found the first Methodist Church in Nelson Bay which opened in 1909. He died in November that same year. John and Eliza’s first child was James, who was born in 1883, and killed in the first World War, in France, in 1917. The second child John was born in 1885. He married Ethel White and they had five children, William, Maisie, Jim, Roy and Edna. The third child was Frances, born in 1887. She married George Mathewson, and died in 1950. They had five children, John, George, Archie, Eva and Iris. Her sister Eliza was born in 1890, and married William Horne, a grocer. They had two sons, Murray and Harry. John and Eliza’s fifth child was Henry, born in 1893. He married Enid Gibbs and died in 1961. They had three children, Thomas, Phyllis and Douglas. The sixth child was William, born in 1897. He went to fight in France in 1917. After the War, he set up a dairy farm, with his brother Henry. He married Anna Gibson in 1923, and they had two children, Jack and Gwen. He died in 1974. He was very interested in local matters, served on a number of Councils, and became the first president of the Hunter Historical Society. Binders for the DGS Journals These are £5 each or two for £9, including U.K. postage. The Dalton quarrymen of Derbyshire by Susan Bryant and Lucy Slater This starts with a note on how hard it was to make a living on the moors. The earliest families considered are those of Seth and Leonard Dalton near Penistone. These records were found on the IGI. John, son of William Dalton christened 1737, John son of John Dalton and Mary christened 1757. John married Elizabeth Bean, 1779, John son of John and Elizabeth christened 1779, Seth son of John Dalton and Betty, christened 1791. Seth is the ancestor of Susan Bryant. Seth, a quarryman, married Charlotte Rusby, in 1813, at Penistone. They had eight or more children, Charles christened 1813, Harriet christened 1814, Seth 1817, Mary 1819, Leonard, Elizabeth and Hannah all christened 1824, and Bridget 1828. Times were very hard in the 1850’s. Various other people called Seth Dalton were living in the area. Seth and his brother Leonard worked building railway tunnels, and then went to London where Seth died in Camberwell in 1880. In the 1881 census, Leonard, born in Penistone, is a stone mason, employing 21 men, producing tombstones. He had a wife Ann, a son James Drake, Susan Drake a grand child, and a servant Elizabeth Sparrow. Another Leonard Dalton, almost certainly the son of Leonard senior, lives nearby. He is a mason in the stone works living with his sister Helen and his younger brother John also a stone mason. Seth, christened in 1817, is the grandfather of Elizabeth Maud Dalton, the great grandmother of Susan Bryant. Seth’s son James married Emma Parkes, and was a stone mason. In the 1891 census, James and Emma were living with four children, Frank, Clara, Celia, and Elizabeth Maud. She married William Coffey. In the 1891 census, a cousin of James, called Charles Dalton, has inherited the stone yard, so he must have been Leonard’s eldest son. He lives with his wife Charlotte, and seven children. Next door there is an Elizabeth Dalton, who may have been his sister. The Countney-Coffey family records show William Coffey born in 1846. In the 1881 census, he was a boot maker in Camberwell. His wife is Ann and they have four children, William, Ann, James and Walter. By the 1891 census, the family have four more children, Nellie, Robert, Amy, and John. Elizabeth Dalton was born in 1882, and married Walter Courtney, in 1900 when she was only 18. He had changed his name from Coffey just before he got married. Elizabeth and Walter had three children. Their first child, Walter was born exactly 9 months after their marriage and died soon after birth. Their second child was May Courtney, the grandmother of Susan Bryant. Another child called Walter was born in 1905. Elizabeth left Walter about 1914. Then Walter changed his name back to Coffey and married again in 1915. H died in Australia in 1955. Mark J. Dalton, Obituary Mark J. Dalton died on Sunday May 2nd, 2004, in Vermont, age 89. His wife Barbara nee Higgins had died a year earlier He leaves six children and six grandchildren. He served in the Normandy campaign, and was decorated for his bravery on D-day, June 6th 1944. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of Cornelius and Ellen Dalton, from London. He graduated from Harvard in 1941 and was a distinguished lawyer in Boston for fifty years. DNA Project Report by Millicent Craig It is very exciting to link to a genetic cousin. The main problem is to get a family line from England or Ireland, where are very few such links. Please, if you are an English or Irish male Dalton, participate in this work. The latest results have borne out the theory that there are at least seven basic Dalton ancestral groups. These are, the Junior English line, the Bispham, Croston, Thurnham line, the English group III, based in Manchester, the Irish group I, the Irish group II, the Dalton Gang in America, the maternal DNA test of three New Hampton Blake, Dalton lines, and the multiple lines that remain. Participation continues to grow, and several members await the results of their tests. If you want to take a test, it tells you how to do it, here. Guild of One-name Studies 25th Anniversary Conference, by M. N. Dalton. The Goons was formed 25 years ago, in 1979, and the Dalton Society was one of the earliest members. There are now nearly 2000 member Societies. Michael Dalton attended the meeting and displayed Dalton Society material. The conference was at Wyboston Lakes on the weekend of 2nd to 4th April, 2004. There were about 120 delegates. The conference started with a buffet dinner, and a quiz night which Michael’s group won. On Saturday, Derek Palgrave opened the A.G.M, and presented Certificates to the 14 founder members present, including Michael Dalton. On the Saturday afternoon, there was a lecture about recent web site developments, and demonstrations of the Guild Archive, and the Guild Marriage Index, which will hold all marriages in the GRO indexes from 1837 to 1911. After tea, there was a talk on publishing a one name periodical. Various bookstalls and displays were open. The 25th Anniversary Dinner followed. On the Sunday, there were talks about developing one-name websites and publications. After lunch, the conference finished with a session “Back to the future“. Two members, in futuristic costumes, came back from 2029, to tell us how things had developed in the coming twenty five years. There are two photographs of the meting. News from America by Millicent V. Craig Millicent reports on a busy six months with 16 new members. Many connections had been made between Dalton relations, mostly through the DNA project. H. James Dalton of California, found he was related to Robert Dalton of California and Archie Dalton of Delaware. Stanley Dalton of Tennessee found he was related to Margaret Mollick of Texas. Marilyn Dunbar of California has been linked with Madeline Troyer, who has written two books about their common ancestors. Marilyn Mungan has written a book about Valentine Dalton, which is reviewed below. Julie Reising of Connecticut learnt that she has the same Irish ancestors as Daveda Bundy of Ohio and Cecilia Lange of Colorado. Through their DNA, Kathy Gire of California has found some new Irish cousins. Bill Dalton Phillips asks us to send Dalton Society flyers to the Dalton museum in Mead, Texas. The DGS Web site is still going strong. The question has been asked What do English Dalton men look like? Photos of any who have emigrated will be put on the Web Site. The Dalton data bank now contains 105,000 surname entries. Progress is being made on the London files and the data base for the Republic of Ireland is being revised by Mike Dalton of Oregon. The Index of DGS journals is now on line Report from Australia by Maureen Collins A meeting of the D. G. S. was held at Maureen’s home in Sydney, last January. Ten members of the Society were present. They all exchanged information about their family history and Michael Dalton addressed the meeting about the History of the DGS Society. John Prytherch spoke about his Welsh descent, Howard Dalton talked about Heraldry and displayed some memorabilia with the Dalton Crest. Karen Hill spoke about her descent from Daltons in Leicestershire. Virginia Higgins told of her connections with the Daltons of Lancashire. Margaret Dalton can’t find ancestors outside Australia, and wants more information about her husband’s ancestors. Wendy Fleming told of her Irish ancestors, from Limerick, and Maureen Collins spoke about her ancestors in Norfolk, England. After lunch, other visitors arrived, and Michael Dalton chaired a discussion on the DNA project, sources for research and the DGS web site. A video was shown of Dr. Lucy Slater speaking about the Croston Daltons, and the meeting closed after tea. In the evening, a buffet dinner was served. There is a photograph of Maureen with her cousin. Book reviews “A River Away” by Marilyn Dungan is an historical novel based on the life of Captain Valentine Dalton. He was born in Ireland about 1754, and came with his family to Louisiana in the 1760’s. He went with General Clark on several expeditions during the revolutionary War, and became a spy in the Spanish High Command. There are photographs of his second wife Caty, his son Valentine, and his grand-daughter Julia Elizabeth. “World War I Ancestry” by N. Holding, revised by Ian Swinnerton, is an excellent guide for any one who wishes to trace such men. New members and changes of address Dorothy Malcom Bunyard of Massachusetts, Lisa Silva Corbet of Georgia, Tina Culbertson of Florida, Denise Dagen of New South Wales, Darrell Lee Dalton of Virginia, Dean A. Dalton of Florida, Hannaniah James Dalton of California, Margaret Dalton of Australia, Maize Dalton of Missouri, Patrick D. Dalton of Utah, Robert A. Dalton of Kansas, Samuel Spech Dalton of North Carolina, Sister Philomena Dalton of Waterford Ireland, Vernon Dalton of New South Wales, William Dalton of Massachusetts, Marilyn Dunbar of California, Kathy Gire of California, Karen Hill of New South Wales, Barbara Dalton Jones of Texas, Thomas P. O’Connor of Massachusetts, Julie Reising of Connecticut, Terry M. Rostano of Texas, Heather Smith of Queensland, Veronica Wilson of New South Wales, and James Wormelle. Change of address Geoff Dalton from Clifton Spring to Drysdale, Victoria, Australia. Who am I? This is a poem about Lucy’s Tabby Cat.
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Contents 2005 Gathering in Dublin by M. N. Dalton This gives some details of the meeting in Dublin on 30th and 31st July, 2005. Births, Marriages and Deaths Births Charlotte Cora COULTON 17th April 2004 Cora is the grandchild of DGS member Virginia Higgins of New South Wales. Jacob Richard and Samuel Merritt BUNDY 28th April 2004 These are twin grandchildren for DGS members Davida and Richard Bundy. Jacob Paul KAMERATH 21st July 2004 Jacob is the second child for DGS members Dawn and Scott Kamerath. Ben James DALTON, with photograph of four generations 5th August 2004 Ben is the second grandchild for DGS members David and Audrey Dalton. Marriage Nathan Paul HAIGH to Jannie-Lee HOLLAND, with photograph 2nd July 2004 Nathan is the brother of Dawn Kamerath. Deaths Professor Ben PIMLOTT 10th April 2004 Ben wrote a biography of Hugh Dalton and was an Honorary member of the DGS. Standlee V. DALTON Snr. 18th October 2004 He was born on 21st May, 1901 and was still active at the age of 103. Dr. Terence WILSON 2nd June 2004 He was the husband of DGS member Veronica Wilson of Sidney. Photo of members of the DGS at Houghton Tower 2004 Gathering This is a note on the DGS gathering at Samlesbury. Miscellaneous notes and queries MN&Q 41.1 Longevity - A characteristic of Virginia Daltons This article has photos of two Daltons, Avery and Standlee, who both lived to be over 103. MN&Q 41.2 The Counts of Ireland A monument in Bath Abbey gives some information about an Irish Dalton family, and a letter written in 1898, provides a lot more. MN&Q 41.3 More about the Nottingham Daltons This note extends the information given in MN&Q 40.5, about William Dalton a millwright and his family. His son Walter settled in Brockton, Massachusetts. MN&Q 41.4 A lady of Thurnham Manor Mary Emma Cook Dalton is the subject of this note. Barbara Diemer is a relative and believes a biography should be written about Mary Emma. MN&Q 41.5 Religious house of Princess Jane? St. Began built Kill-Beggan Abbey in the 6th century. It was rebuilt in the 12th century by the D’Alton family. Today only a green mound is visible. MN&Q 41.6 An American-Australian connection Mazie and her brother Edward Dalton of Missouri, found that they were related to Leo Dalton of Sydney and Wendy Fleming of Melbourne through DNA tests. In 2004 Wendy and Mazie got together and held a family party of which a photo is given here.. Republic of Ireland data by Millicent V. Craig Mike Dalton of Oregon is building up an Irish Dalton data bank from L.D.S. sources. In particular Matthew Dalton was born in New York in 1829. He became a Mormon and settled in Utah. Then he studied his ancestral line and got help in extracting his ancestors from the Civil Registry in Dublin. His manuscript was finished in 1896. During “the troubles”, the General Post Office was burnt down and all records lost. In the Irish Civil War of 1922, the Public Records Office was also destroyed. But Matthew’s collection was compiled 30 years earlier. Now Mike has produced, from this and other sources, the largest known compilation of Irish Daltons, These files are on the Dalton data bank. Some .American Daltons from Oldham by Lucy J. Slater Robert Jackson of Jacksonville, Illinois has studied his local cemetery and found two influxes of Daltons into the area from Lancashire. The first was about 1830 and the second in the 1850‘s. James Dalton was born in Oldham in 1810, married Betty Scholes in 1836 and went with most of his family to Illinois about 1850. There are photos of the family grave stones in the Jacksonville cemetery, together with reprints of their obituaries. . A Dalton family from Croston by Margaret Deyes The earliest ancestor that Margaret has traced is Robert Dalton who married Mary Rushton in 1745 at Croston.. They had two children, Margaret in 1748, and William in 1751. William married Ellen Smith in 1772, and they had nine children. Their 5th child John married Susan Mayor in 1810, and they also had nine children. The 1881 census shows four of John’s children still living in Croston. Of these William, a farmer, was living with his wife Ann and six children. He is the ancestor of Millicent Craig, our American Secretary. John and Susan’s eldest son was Robert, who married Mary Smith at Croston in 1832. They moved to Preston, where they raised eight children, and Robert became a builder. In the 1871 census of Preston, two of their daughters Mary and Margaret were still living at home with their parents. Their eldest daughter Susannah married Benjamin Treasure in 1855, and they had nine children. Roger Dalton was the eldest son of Robert and Mary. He became a master bricklayer, married Betsey Taylor, and had four children, who were living at home in the 1881 census. Their daughter Annie , went to live with her aunt Ann in Edinburgh and then went to London to become a student nurse. She married Francis McGlinchy and they had two daughters, Emma born in 1902, and Fabia born in 1904. Fabia went to RADA and became a very famous actress Fabia Drake. She toured with the Stratford company all over the world until 1938 when she married Maxwell Turner, who was a high court judge. She also appeared in films and on television. Robert and Mary’s daughter Ann, aunt Annie above, married William Wilkinson and then a widower called Walmsley. She was an imposing figure, tall and commanding, whereas her sister Margaret, known as Grannie Evans, was petite. Robert and Mary’s youngest daughter Margaret married John Evans, a clog maker, in Preston in 1876. They had two children, Annie, Margaret Dayes’ grandmother, born in 1877 and Frank born and died in 1880. Annie married William Dayes in 1899, and they had four children, Herbert, Elsie, William and John. A photo shows some members of this family in the early 1900’s. The West Berkshire Doltons, part 2, by Eric Dolton. Note:- The article called part 2 in the previous Journal was in fact part 3. The records of Doltons in the Chievely district start with the marriage of John Dolton to Elizabeth Stanbrook at Speen in 1714. They had eight children. The next family was also John and Elizabeth, who were married before 1749, when their first child was born. There is no record of this marriage but it is assumed that this John was the son of the preceding John. They had six children. The third family was that of Richard, who was born in 1739 at Speen, and married Ann Jones at Wickham in 1760. They had eight children. Some other Dolton records are considered, but no definite link can be made of these to the preceding three families. Family History Events in 2005. This is a list of three forthcoming family history events. Bishop Daton ( Dalton) of Kilkenny by Pat Robinson The earliest mention of a Dalton is in a deed of 1324. The family name was spelt Daton as the l is mute in Norman French. By the mid 16th century they were a very influential family. Early marriages were to other families of similar status. The family seat was at Kildalton. But Oliver Cromwell made the family fortunes take a disastrous turn. William Dalton was born in 1644, when the old castle was pulled down and the estate became the property of John Ponsonby, one of Cromwell’s generals. Walter had hopes that his daughter might be married to the General. But John returned to Ireland to claim his property with a young bride. However, William’s widow Bess, and their younger children, (including our future Bishop) went on living on the estate, and were cared for by Sir John, until he died in 1688. Oliver Cromwell forbad celebration of the Mass and his army profaned and destroyed churches. Young William’s decision to study for the priesthood took courage. He went to Rennes and then to the Sorbonne in Paris. He was ordained in 1676 and became the priest at the church of Kilkenny. In 1696 William was appointed Bishop of Ossory. But in 1697, all “popish priests” were ordered to leave Ireland by 1698. So then he went to Paris and was invited to settle in Le Mans where the Benedictines offered him the use of the Provost’s house. He lived there until he died in 1712. In his will, he said how his possessions should be distributed among clergy and to some named Churches. He had kept in touch with his family in Ireland, and left marriage potions for his two nieces. He probably received news of his family from the young ones who went to fight in France. A French Officer’s roll call taken at Augrim in 1689 listed several Daltons. These included Edmund and Christopher Dalton who both died in 1793. After the Battle of the Boyne, many of the gentry left Ireland, and the remaining Catholic population had to submit. Joseph Dalton and Jane Weightman, part 3. by Tina Culbertson Joseph Dalton junior, baptised 1840. was the fifth child of Joseph and Jane and the last to be born in England. In 1841, the family arrived in the U.S.A. Joseph junior worked in a cotton mill, and joined the Army during the civil war in 1861. He served until 1864, and his name is on the Pennsylvania Memorial at Gettysburg. He returned to Upland, and in 1866, he married Emma Cloud. They had nine children. As well as working in the cotton mill, Joseph became Postmaster of Upland when his father died. In 1892, he had a stroke and stopped work. He got a pension for his war service, which he drew until 1903, when he died. His wife Emma was also given a pension until she died in 1925. Here are photographs of their grave, the Pennsylvania memorial, and Mary who was their sixth child, together with listings of their obituaries. Mary Dalton, the sixth child of Joseph and Jane was born in 1842, and married in 1868 William Howard, who was a carpenter. They had six children. Tina’s three articles conclude with a long list of references, and the hope that they will provide a permanent record of her family. DNA Project progress report. By Millicent Craig There are now 61 participants in the Project and many connections have been made. News from America, by Millicent V. Craig Again there has been an increase in the American membership, due to the DNA project. News comes from Steve Dalton of Morton, Illinois, Barbara Dalton Jones of Granby, Texas, Dave Edwards of Cooperstown, New York, Francis Dalton Bowman of Tennessee, Julie Reising of Suffield, Connecticut, Bill Dalton of Gig Harbour, Washington D.C., Bob F. Dalton of McDonough, Georgia, Russell E. Dalton of Alamagordo, New Mexico, Eric Dalton of New Hudson, Maine, Joanne Dalton of Kansas City, Missouri, Dorothy Bongivengo of New Castle, Pennsylvania, Dolores Dalton of Phoenix, Arizona, Leonard Dalton of Melrose, Massachusetts, Daveda Bundy of Pickerington, Ohio, and K. T. Mapstone, of Mississippi. Minutes of the A.G.M. of the Dalton Genealogical Society. The meeting was held at Salmesbury, Lancashire on 10th July, 2004. The minutes for the 2003 meeting were approved and the Chairman reported on the recent gathering in Australia. He thanked John Dalton for his work on the Journal, and Millicent for her work on the Website. He also thanked Michael Cayley for his work as Librarian, and then told us about the Seminar held by the Goons. In the treasurer’s absence, the accounts were circulated and the funds seemed to be in a healthy position. The Secretary reported less success with new membership in the U.K. David Kirkley resigned from the committee but the other Officers were all re-elected. The Editor reported on the Journal and asked for new material. The Australian Secretary said there had been several new Australian members, partly due to the gathering at her home in Sydney. The American Secretary reported that 20 new members had been added to the subscription list in 2003, and a further 24 in the first half of 2004.. The website had over 50,000 hits, and there had been 11,000 visits to the data bank. Mike Dalton of Oregon was continuing his work of updating the data for Ireland. The Index of the journals had its own website which had 200 visits a month. The DNA project now had 54 Dalton sets of genes. A visit to Ireland was agreed for 2005, and one in New England, in 2006. The Chairman then closed the meeting at 12.45 pm. Web -page Reviews Three webb pages were reviewed as useful tools for Dalton researchers. The first is about finding census data, the second was about searching the index of the Tufts Universal Library, and the third one was about background historical information of use to genealogists. New members up to January 2005 Adolphus W. Dalton of Illinois, David Dalton of San Francisco, Edmund Nugent Dalton of Maryland, Edward A. Dalton of Utah, Elvin and Joanne Dalton of Missouri, Gale L. Dalton of Ohio, James Stanley Dalton of Tennessee, Johanna Dalton of Wallingford, Oxfordshire, Kelly Hines Dalton of Ohio, Michael and Pamela Dalton of Nevada, P. M. Dalton of Selkirk, Scotland, Patrick A. Dalton Co. Galway, Ireland, Russell E. Dalton of New Mexico, Thomas Dalton of New York, Mary Quinn Doyle of Maine, Richard McNally of Ohio, Eira Makepeace of Bristol, England, William F. O’Brien of Florida, Patricia A. Setser of Missouri, Marilyn Shea of Florida, Madeline Troyerof Ohio and John D. Wilson of New South Wales, Australia. Changes of Address Michael Cayley, from East Molesey to Hayling Island, Franklin Thomas Daulton from Oregon to Alaska, and R. James Spidle from Omaha, to North Carolina.
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