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Burton Family History
Burton Genealogy & Family TreeBurton is an English name from Yorkshire, England, where the first known ancestor—Drogo de Beuvriere, friend of William the Conqueror—held lands in the villages of Burton Agnes and Burton Constable, as well as a castle named Burton Pidsea. The family motto is Lux vitae which means "The light is my guide."
Other spellings include “Burtone,” “Byrton,” and “Birton.” Notable people with the same surname include American director Tim Burton (Edward Scissorhands, Corpse Bride, Batman Returns), American actress Hilarie Burton (One Tree Hill, The Secret Life of Bees, White Collar), American actor LeVar Burton (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Reading Rainbow, Captain Planet and the Planeteers), and Welsh actor Richard Burton (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Cleopatra, Becket). The first Burton to come to America was George Burton in Virginia in 1607.
Burton Birth Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Sarah Burton -- --, 1832 April 13, 1874
- Edward Burton -- --, 1510 November 0, 1558
- Julian Mary Burton -- --, 1375 December 0, 1425
- Harriet Mae Burton -- --, 1916 June 21, 1999 Pennsylvania
- Orrell T. Burton -- --, 1900 December 0, 1971 Ohio
Burton Death Records
- Name Birth Date Death Date Location
- Willie Edna Burton -- --, 1888 May 9, 1980 Kansas
- Sarah Burton -- --, 1690 March 14, 1783
- John Burton -- --, 1520 March 6, 1579
- Robert Burton -- --, 1535 November 0, 1596
- Anne Burton -- --, 1612 April 0, 1694 Delaware
