Researching Violet Clifton
Research the background of Violet Clifton using the links below. We hope you find this information useful!
 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 4236 people with the Clifton surname? In that year Clifton was ranked number 1002 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Violet means "Violet flower" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Violet Clifton on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Violet Clifton in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
| Country Collection | |
|---|---|
 |
Ancestry.com Global records search results for Violet Clifton. |
 |
Ancestry.com US records search results for Violet Clifton. |
|
Ancestry.co.uk UK records search results for Violet Clifton. |
 |
Ancestry.ca Canadian records search results for Violet Clifton. |
 |
Ancestry.com.au Australian records search results for Violet Clifton. |
DNA
Sometimes you can run into a brick wall in your tree and you just don't have enough evidence to make that next step back in time. A DNA test can sometimes help to make a link to a particular family name if you find you share common DNA with people who have the same or similar surnames as each other. If you are lucky then you may get a match within a few generations and discover some Clifton ancestors. Additionally, the modern DNA test can give you a breakdown of your ethnic mix - you may be surprised at the results!
Have you reached a brick wall in your Clifton Tree?
Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Violet Clifton and the Clifton Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Clifton 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 Clifton family tree.
Look at Parish Records for Violet Clifton at Find My Past.
Explore for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Violet Clifton using the FreeBMD database.
Investigate Genealogy Bank for Violet Clifton records.
Explore MyHeritage for Violet Clifton information.
Look at the LDS Database for records about Violet Clifton.
Research the Clifton surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Clifton Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 5677 people with the Clifton surname in the UK? Clifton is now ranked number 1050 for popularity in the UK. |
Clifton Genealogy Databases
Another way to build your tree quickly is to use the research other people have already done. This can help to confirm or refute your own deductions - however, be wary of taking this data at face value as other researchers may not have been as meticulous as you. Always try to back up deductions with some definitive sources rather than relying too heavily on others.
Look at the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Violet Clifton.
Study MyTrees for information on the Clifton family and people looking to contact living Clifton relations.
Explore One Great Family for Clifton records submitted by people who are already researching the Clifton Family Tree.
Find Violet Clifton from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Clifton 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.
Research the Clifton surname using Genealogy.com forums .
| Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Clifton surname in the USA? Clifton is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Clifton Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Violet Clifton. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Violet Clifton
Violet Clifton
Violet Mary Clifton (née Beauclerk) (2 November 1883 (Rome) – 20 November 1961) was an English writer, and a descendant of Charles Beauclerk, 1st Duke of St Albans, the illegitimate son of king Charles II and Nell Gwyn.
She married English landowner and traveller John Talbot Clifton (1868-1928) in 1907 in Brompton Oratory, London, whom she had met in Peru. They lived in the Clifton family seat at Lytham Hall, Lancashire, Kylemore House in Connemara, Ireland, and then at Kildalton Castle on the Scottish island of Islay. After her husband died in 1928 in the Canary Islands on the way home from an abortive expedition to Timbuktu she had his body embalmed and accompanied it back to Scotland for burial,
Her biography of her colourful husband, published under the title The Book of Talbot, won the 1933 James Tait Black Prize. WH Auden praised the book in a review that appeared in the Criterion. In 1935 Nevill Coghill nominated her for the Nobel Prize in Literature, but the prize was ultimately not awarded that year.
Her other books include Vision of Peru and Islands of Queen Wilhelmina, later reissued as Islands of Indonesia.
She died at Lytham Hall in 1961. John and Violet's son was the dilettante film producer Harry Talbot de Vere Clifton, who squandered much of the family's remaining wealth. Harry Clifton gifted a carved Lapis Lazuli to William Butler Yeats, inspiring the poem Lapis Lazuli.
Source: Violet Clifton, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Clifton
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.
Calafate Calafato Calafaty Calbaithe Calebdorcas Calvet Calvete Calvette Calvit Chlebda Clapton Clavet Clavette Cleft Clefton Clevette Clevidence Clibbett Clifft Cliffton Clift Cliftin Clipton Clopton Colafate Colavito Colbath Colboth Colpetzer Colpitts Colvette
Comments
Looking for information on a Violet Clifton in your family tree? Why not post a question here -