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Margaret Gwendoline Felton (born year)
Margaret Gwendoline Felton (born year)
Margaret Felton (born year)
Margaret Eileen Felton (born year)
Margaret Caroline Felton (born year)
Margaret Felton (born year)
Margaret Felton (born year)
Margaret A. Felton (born year)
The surname of FELTON was a locational name 'of Felton' parishes in counties Hereford, Northumberland and Salop. The name was derived from the Old English word FELDTUN, literally meaning the dweller by the settlement or enclosure. The surname is now found mainly in the West Midlands of England, although it is also common in the United States of America. Local surnames, by far the largest group, derived from a place name where the man held land or from the place from which he had come, or where he actually lived. These local surnames were originally preceded by a preposition such as "de", "atte", "by" or "in". The names may derive from a manor held, from working in a religious dwelling or from literally living by a wood or marsh or by a stream. Following the Crusades in Europe a need was felt for a family name. This was recognized by those of noble blood, who realised the prestige and practical advantage it would add to their status. Early records of the name mention John de Feltone, 1273 County Nottingham. Johannes de Felton of Yorkshire, was listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. Thomas Felton and Jane Smith were married at St. James's, Clerkenwell, London in 1669. Most of the European surnames in countries such as England, Scotland and France were formed in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The process had started somewhat earlier and had continued in some places into the 19th century, but the norm is that in the tenth and eleventh centuries people did not have surnames, whereas by the fifteenth century most of the population had acquired a second name. In many parts of central and western Europe, hereditary surnames began to become fixed at around the 12th century, and have developed and changed slowly over the years. As society became more complex, and such matters as the management of tenure, and in particular the collection of taxes were delegated to special functionaries, it became imperative to distinguish a more complex system of nomenclature to differentiate one individual from another. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884. The lion depicted in the arms is the noblest of all wild beasts which is made to be the emblem of strength and valour, and is on that account the most frequently borne in Coat-Armour.
Margaret Felton (born year)
Margaret, Lady Bertram, de Felton (born year)
Margaret Margery de Cobold Kerkeston Felton (born year)
Margaret Felton Bertram (born year)
Margaret Azelle Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)
Margaret de Felton (born year)