5

Road, Pennant Hills, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia 2120.
   Valentine (Val) Waldron of Cave, Ballyhaunis, County Mayo is said by Mr.
de Burca (publisher of Knox) to be an authority on Waldron history, but no
information on his ancestry is presently available.
  Other prominent or notorious Irish Waldrons who may not have any living
descendants inclutle:

1. Laurence Waldron (1811-1875) of Helen Park, County Tipperary who was
  a member of the United Kingdom parliament (Burke's L.G.I., p.754). The
  Dublin stockbroking firm of National City Brokers Dillon & Waldron is
  associated with his son, Laurence Ambrose. 13


2. Henry Waldron, a convict transported from Ireland to Australia, who
  changed his name to George Barrington. l4


4 Waldron Place-names

The village of Waldron in Sussex, England mentioned above is one of several
places in all parts of the world to share the name Waldron.
   Waldron Island, Washington is one of the many beautiful San Juan Islands
located in the Straits of Georgia, in the Northwestern-most part of the conti-
nental United States. It has an area of 4.54 square miles and is located about
1.5 miles from the northwest shore of Orcas Island and separated from it by
the deep waters of President Channel. Waldron post office and boat-landing
are located on the shore of Cowlitz Bay on the south shore of the island, which
has been described as having 'beauty and meaning which defy description and
which can be experienced but not told." 15
  In 1841, an expedition headed by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes arrived to make
the first survey of the Puget Sound and Georgia Straits regions. Wilkes named
most of the points of interest which were not already so honoured, including
Waldron Island in the north central part of San Juan County. The honour
'was probably intended for Thomas W. Waldron, Captain's Clerk of the brig
Porpoise of the expedition. However, it is possible that two men were honoured
in the one name as R. R. Waldron was Purser of the Vincennes, another vessel
of the expedition." 16
   Jurisdiction over an area including Waldron Island was for some time the
subject of a dispute between the USA and Canada. The boundary between the
two countries was set in 1846 to run along the 49th parallel to 'the middle of
the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island; and thence

13 Burke's Peerage p.2534.
14 Costello.
15 McLellan.
16 Meany.