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![Show Contents]() Wrangler Surname History
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Early Origins of the Wrangler familyThe surname Wrangler was first found in Forfarshire part of the Tayside region of North Eastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, where they held a family seat. It is claimed that they were from Wrangholm, an old village near Melrose Abbey and that the village was the ancient birth place of St. Cuthbert. Both the village and the shrine are now ploughed under and all that remains is a field. 1 Just over the border in Cumbria (Cumberland) England, Thomas de Wrangham was listed in the Subsidy Rolls for 1332. 2 Early History of the Wrangler familyThis web page shows only a small excerpt of our Wrangler research. Another 138 words (10 lines of text) covering the years 1565, 1668, 1731, 1742, 1769, 1776, 1780, 1786, 1791, 1794, 1795, 1800, 1808, 1811, 1812, 1831 and 1842 are included under the topic Early Wrangler History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Wrangler Spelling VariationsSpelling variations of this family name include: Wrangham, Rangham, Wrangholme, Rangholme, Rengham, Wrengham, Rengholme, Rangholm, Wrangholm, Wranghame, Ranghame, Wraynham, Rainham and many more. Early Notables of the Wrangler familyNotable amongst the Clan at this time was Francis Wrangham (1769-1842), classical scholar and miscellaneous writer, born on 11 June 1769, was the only son of George Wrangham (1742-1791), who occupied the farm of Raysthorpe, near Malton in Yorkshire, and rented the moiety of another farm at Titchwell, near Wells, Norfolk. From 1776 to 1780 Francis attended a small school at West Heslerton, kept by Thomas Thirlwall, grandfather of Connop Thirlwall [q. v.], afterwards vicar of Cottingham, near Hull. For two summers he was with the Rev. John Robinson at Pickering, and he passed two years under the instruction of Joseph...
Another 117 words (8 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Wrangler Notables in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible. Migration of the Wrangler familySome of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: George Wrangham who landed in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1865.
- Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
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