Researching Ronald Appleton
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![]() | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4694 people with the Appleton surname? In that year Appleton was ranked number 901 for popularity in the UK. |

The name Ronald means "powerful, mighty" and is of English origin.
Records of Ronald Appleton on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Ronald Appleton and the Appleton Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Appleton 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 below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. 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 Appleton family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 6111 people with the Appleton surname in the UK? Appleton is now ranked number 978 for popularity in the UK. |
Appleton Genealogy Databases
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Appleton 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 9115 people with the Appleton surname in the USA? Appleton is ranked number 154 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Appleton Databases
Search the Ellis Island Database for information on Ronald Appleton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Ronald Appleton
Ronald Appleton
Ronald Appleton, Queen's Counsel (born 29 December 1927) is the former chief crown prosecutor (Senior Crown Counsel) for Northern Ireland, a post he held for 22 years, a period that spanned the Northern Ireland 'Troubles'. Having established a broad civil practice as a QC, he would become one of the most experienced terrorism trial lawyers in the UK. As senior counsel he led for the Crown in many of the major murder and terrorism cases during those years. Martin Dillon, in his book on the Shankill Butchers trial described Ronald Appleton as "one of the outstanding lawyer of his generation".
Source: Ronald Appleton, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Appleton
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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