Dagnan History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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England

Early Origins of the Dagnan family

The surname Dagnan was first found in Berkshire, where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1200 when Peter de Dagginhall held estates.

Early History of the Dagnan family

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Dagnan Spelling Variations

The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time, spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Dagnan has been spelled many different ways, including Dagnall, Dagnell, Degnall, Degnell, Daignall and many more.

Early Notables of the Dagnan family

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Dagnan migration to the United States +

Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Dagnans to arrive in North America:

Dagnan Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Bernard Dagnan, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1852 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Dagnan (post 1700) +

Major-General Marcel Dagnan (1885-1978), 2

Citations +

Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Generals of World War II. (Retrieved 2011, October 3) Marcel Dagnan. Retrieved from http://generals.dk/general/Dagnan/Marcel/France.html