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belton Name Meaning and History

  1. English: habitational name from any of various places called Belton, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and Suffolk. The first element, bel, is of uncertain origin; the second is Old English tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
  2. Irish: the name Weldon, relatively common in Ireland, has sometimes been Gaelicized as de Bhéalatún and re-Anglicized as Veldon and Belton.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of belton Families in the US in 1920
Number of belton families
 74-146
 25-73		 1-24
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Threads: 110 - Messages: 384
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Elaine Belton and Victor Large lukeandleia 2
Belton seleneallen53 1
James Belton aamanda_88 0
beltons from KY beltonchad 0
Beltons in TN, KY, VA, WV Jim Snow 2
Belton Family Reunion in SC this August laballa11 4
Marr: HAMILTON - BELTON; Perry Co Democrat, 7/22/1936 ELangley3 0
Re: Mary J. Belton m. William Presley desertdove335 12
John B Belton Codell Donehoo 12
Belton in Canada Carrie LaPlante 22
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