The ireton Surname
ireton Name Meaning and History
- habitational name from either of two places in Derbyshire called Ireton, or one in North Yorkshire called Irton. All of these are named from the genitive case of Old Norse Íri ‘Irishmen’ (see Ireland) + tun ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
- habitational name from Irton in Cumbria, named from the old river name Irt, which is of uncertain origin, + Old English tun.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Threads: 26 - Messages: 68
| Thread | Author | Replies |
| IRETON Mary Lynn 1954 |
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| Death of Ben Ireton June 1912 |
 maryachtrh
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| Anthony Ireton/Martha Marsh | Dorothy Wiland | 3 |
| Ireton | M Casson | 4 |
| John E. IRETON's Death Notice, Eau Claire, WI |
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| Searching for Ireton's from Middletown, CT |
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| Richard Ireton | Lorraine Cali (Ireton) | 2 |
| Ireton/Nanci Stevens |
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| Ireton's in New Jersey | Nanci Stevens | 2 |
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