Whoops!! I meant the original spelling was Staunton... > -----Original Message----- > From: mavrogeorge [mailto:mavrogeorge@genealogysf.com] > Sent: Friday, June 25, 1999 7:15 PM > To: STANTON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: STANTON research > > > Don Stanton (TeeSquare@ecr.net) writes... > > Was the original spelling of the name STAUNTON and > later changed? > > In 1966, my grandfather Harry Robert STANTON told me that his > grandfather > > changed the spelling of the name from european STAUNTON to an American > > name of STANTON. > > Yes. The name of the family in England was Stauton.