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Tallon History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

Origins Available:
England
Ireland

The Anglo-Norman invaders imported their own naming principles which supplemented the pre-existing system of hereditary surnames that the Irish had already developed. One of the most common types of surnames for both cultures at this time was the patronymic surname, which was formed from the name of the bearer's father, or another older relative. Like the Irish, the Strongbownians used prefixes to build patronymic names, and although the Gaelic prefixes of "Mac" and "O" were occasionally adopted, the Anglo-Normans also used the prefix Fitz-, which was derived from the French word fils, and ultimately from the Latin filius, which both mean son. This prefix probably originated in Flanders or Normandy, but it is now found only in Ireland. Another way of forming patronymic names was through the addition of a diminutive suffix to the given name, such as -ot, -et, -un, -in, or -el. Occasionally, two suffixes were combined to form a double diminutive, as in the combinations of -el-in, -el-ot, -in-ot, and -et-in. The surname Tallon is derived from a Germanic personal name derived from the element tal, which means destroy. The name Tallon was also applied as a nickname to someone who was a fast runner or had a deformed heel. In this case, the surname Tallon is derived from the Old French word talon, which means heel, and is derived from the Lain word talus. The Gaelic form of the surname Tallon is Talún.

Early Origins of the Tallon family

The surname Tallon was first found in Carlow (Irish: Cheatharlach) a small landlocked area located in the province of Leinster in the South East of Ireland.

Early History of the Tallon family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tallon research. Another 123 words (9 lines of text) covering the year 1172 is included under the topic Early Tallon History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tallon Spelling Variations

Medieval scribes and church officials spelled the names as they sounded, so a name was often spelled many different ways during the lifetime of a single person. The investigation of the origin of the name Tallon revealed many spelling variations including Tallon, Talon, Talun, Tallun, Tallan, Talan and others.

Early Notables of the Tallon family

Notable amongst the family up to this time was

15th century chief, William Tallon

Tallon Ranking

In France, the name Tallon is the 5,651^st most popular surname with an estimated 1,000 - 1,500 people with that name. 1

Tallon migration to the United States +

During the middle of the 19th century, Irish families often experienced extreme poverty and racial discrimination in their own homeland under English rule. Record numbers died of disease and starvation and many others, deciding against such a fate, boarded ships bound for North America. The largest influx of Irish settlers occurred with Great Potato Famine of the late 1840s. Unfortunately, many of those Irish that arrived in Canada or the United States still experienced economic and racial discrimination. Although often maligned, these Irish people were essential to the rapid development of these countries because they provided the cheap labor required for the many canals, roads, railways, and other projects required for strong national infrastructures. Eventually the Irish went on to make contributions in the less backbreaking and more intellectual arenas of commerce, education, and the arts. Research early immigration and passenger lists revealed many early immigrants bearing the name Tallon:

Tallon Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Henry Tallon, moved to Allegheny County in 1843
Henry Tallon, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1843 2
Margaret Tallon, aged 28, who arrived in New York, NY in 1893 2
Margaret Tallon, who sailed to New York in 1893
Annie Tallon, aged 22, who settled in America from Drogheda, in 1894

Tallon Settlers in United States in the 20th Century

Emily Tallon, aged 41, who landed in America from Derby, in 1903
Flora Iona Mc Donald Tallon, aged 9, who immigrated to the United States from Windermere, in 1905
Charles Tallon, aged 42, who immigrated to the United States from Longton, England, in 1910
Elizabeth Tallon, aged 36, who landed in America from Dublin, Ireland, in 1914
Florence Tallon, aged 19, who settled in America from London, England, in 1914
... (More are available in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.)

Tallon migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Tallon Settlers in Canada in the 17th Century

Antoine Tallon, who landed in Acadia in 1685

Tallon Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

James Augustine Tallon, who landed in Nova Scotia in 1829

Contemporary Notables of the name Tallon (post 1700) +

Robert Mooneyhan "Robin" Tallon (b. 1946), American politician from South Carolina
James R. Tallon (b. 1941), American politician
Robert Mooneyhan Tallon Jr. (b. 1946), American Democratic Party politician, Member of South Carolina State House of Representatives, 1980-82; U.S. Representative from South Carolina 6th District, 1983-93 3
Neil P. Tallon, American Democratic Party politician, Candidate for U.S. Representative from New York 24th District, 1998, 2000 3
Gary Tallon (b. 1973), Irish footballer
Brendan Tallon, Irish footballer
William John Stephenson Tallon RVM (1935-2007), Royal steward
Liam Tallon, Australian rugby league player
Don Tallon (1916-1984), Australian cricketer
Dale Tallon (b. 1950), Canadian NHL hockey defenceman

Citations +

http://www.journaldesfemmes.com/nom-de-famille/nom/
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)
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, October 20) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html