Researching David Paton
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 6700 people with the Paton surname? In that year Paton was ranked number 609 for popularity in the UK. |
The name David means "beloved" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of David Paton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for David Paton and the Paton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Paton Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Paton family tree.
Explore Parish Records for David Paton at Find My Past.
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| Did you know that there are currently 8134 people with the Paton surname in the UK? Paton is now ranked number 722 for popularity in the UK. |
Paton Family History Databases
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Paton Forums
There are a number of forums which are dedicated to rearching particular surnames. These can be good places to share your findings and also to tap into the knowledge that others may already have. These can sometimes be a good way of finding living relations as these tend not to show up on the other sources of information for privacy reasons.
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Paton surname in the USA? Paton is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Paton Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on David Paton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called David Paton
David Paton (ophthalmologist)
David Paton (born August 16, 1930) is a retired ophthalmologist best known as founder in 1970 of Project Orbis (now named Orbis International, Inc.) and thereafter as its first Medical Director helping to develop (1970–1982) and then deploy its teaching aircraft for ophthalmologists worldwide, especially in the developing nations. Paton resigned from Orbis in 1987 and focused on other aspects of academic ophthalmology, but in 2011 he returned in a voluntary capacity to assist in fund raising for a new annual appointment, the David Paton Orbis Fellowship in Global Ophthalmology.
Source: David Paton (ophthalmologist), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
David Paton (architect)
David Paton (1801 – 1882) was a Scottish architect and builder, who temporarily worked in the United States in the 1830s and was important in his role of supervising the completion of the North Carolina State Capitol. He returned to the United States in 1849 to teach architecture and remained for the rest of his life.
Source: David Paton (architect), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Paton
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
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