Compton Genealogy & History
Compton is a locational surname from the Old English "cumb", meaning "narrow valley", and "tun", meaning "farm". Compton family history indicates that the name might come from the Norman given name "Comin", which shows up in Scotland as "Cummings". Variations on the name include Compton include Comptons, Competom, Comptown, Comptowne, Comptoun, Comptaun, Comptaune, Comptoune, Coompton, Combton, Combtons, Combtown, and Combtaune. Frances Compton landed in Virginia in 1623. Compton genealogy includes the physicist and Nobel laureate Arthur Compton and his brother Karl Taylor Compton; actors O'Neal Compton and Henry Compton; and the British futurist and fiction author David Guy Compton.
Compton Birth Records
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Location |
| A Mason Compton | -- --, 1918 | June 14,2006 | VA |
| B Lucille Compton | -- --, 1920 | October 7,2007 | PA |
| C Arnold Compton | -- --, 1915 | January ,1978 | KY |
| Daimon Compton | -- --, 1959 | September ,1984 | VA |
Compton Death Records
| Name | Birth Date | Death Date | Location |
| E Bernice Compton | -- --, 1922 | September 21,2000 | Templeton,CA |
| Faith Compton | -- --, 1908 | May ,1984 | Galesburg,IL |
| G Roy Compton | -- --, 1927 | June 15,2003 | Attalla,AL |
| H Allen Compton | -- --, 1929 | April 14,1994 | Shelbyville,IN |
Compton Marriage Records
| Name | Spouse | Marriage Date | Location |
| Alan Compton | Jane Luther | August 11,1951 | Wake, NC |
| Bluford Compton | Mary Holt | December 2,1933 | Wake, NC |
| Robert Compton | Marie Williams | August 19,1969 | Wake, NC |
| Timothy Compton | Penelope Blevins | August 2,1974 | Wake, NC |
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