Ron History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Early Origins of the Ron family

The surname Ron was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility.

Early History of the Ron family

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Ron Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Ronny, Ronne, Ronnay, Ronn, Ronnes, Ronns, Ronnys, Ronnies, Ronnes, Rons, Ronney and many more.

Early Notables of the Ron family

Notable amongst the family in this period was

the Ronny family of Normandy

Ron migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Ron Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Henry Ron, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1728 1
Joseph Philip Ron, aged 21, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1753 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Ron (post 1700) +

Dr Ron Tooth, Australian founding Principal of the Pullenvale Environmental Education Centre and an applied educational researcher and leader in environmental education
Ron Joseph Morel Turcotte CM (b. 1941), Canadian Hall of Fame thoroughbred race horse jockey with 3,032 career wins, best known as the rider of Secretariat, winner of the U.S. Triple Crown in 1973
Ron Thompson (1941-2024), American actor, singer-songwriter and dancer
Ron Lord (1929-2024), Australian international football (soccer) goalkeeper
Ron Palenski (1944-1945), New Zealand journalist and sportsman, founder of the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
Ron Cephas Jones (1957-2023), American actor best known for This Is Us, Mr. Robot, and Luke Cage, he earned four consecutive Primetime Emmy Award nominations, winning twice for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series in 2018 and 2020
Ron Johnson (1938-2023), Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League (1961-1962)
Ron Roddan (1931-2023), British athletics coach, best known for coaching British former sprinter Linford Christie
Ron Rice (d. 2022), American entrepreneur who founded Hawaiian Tropic, an American brand of suntan lotion sold around the world in 1969 with a $500 loan from his father
Ron Hansen (1943-2022), Canadian politician in Ontario, New Democratic Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1990 to 1995

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)