Fores History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Scotland

Early Origins of the Fores family

The surname Fores was first found in Moray, where they held a family seat in their territories. The Pictish influence on Scottish history diminished after Kenneth Macalpine became King of all Scotland. But those east coast families still played an important role in government and were more accessible to Government than their western highland counterparts. They were a highly religious group. In 1360 William of Forres was archdeacon of Caithness. They held a family seat at Strthylife at Kynlos. Later they held a family seat at Caithness where Geoffrey de Forays was archdeacon of Moray.

Early History of the Fores family

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Fores Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Forres, Fore, Forres, Forrays, Foray, Forays and others.

Early Notables of the Fores family

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Fores migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Fores Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Fores, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851 1

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)