Tallis History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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France
Ireland

The Tallis surname comes from the Gaelic Ó Taithligh, meaning "descendant of Taithleach," a Gaelic personal name meaning "peaceable."

Early Origins of the Tallis family

The surname Tallis was first found in Fermanagh (Irish: Fear Manach) in the southwestern part of Northern Ireland, Province of Ulster, where they held a family seat as eranaghs of Devenish. Irish history was greatly influenced by the Norman invasion of 1172, and thereafter, the surnames of Irish Gaelic clanns and septs and many of the Norman families became almost indistinguishable. This family name was found as Chiefs of Hy-Laoghaire, of Lough Lir, a district in the barony of Lurg Erne near Tyrone.

Early History of the Tallis family

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Tallis Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tally, Talley, Tallie, Tallee and others.

Early Notables of the Tallis family

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Tallis migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tallis Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Tallis, who landed in Maryland in 1672 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Tallis (post 1700) +

Gorden James Tallis (b. 1973), Australian former professional rugby league footballer
John Tallis (1815-1876), English cartographic publisher
Thomas Tallis (1505-1585), English composer, considered among the best of England's early composers

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)