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The name Santihan comes from one of the family having worked as a person who was employed as the servant of Sandy or Saunder. Occupational names that were derived from the common trades of the medieval era transcended European cultural and linguistic boundaries. The most common suffixes for occupational names are maker, herd, hewer, smith, er, ing, and man.
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Santihan research. Another 213 words (15 lines of text) covering the years 1377, 1628, 1718, 1735, 1780, 1781, 1872, 1894 and 1896 are included under the topic Early Santihan History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Spelling variations in names were a common occurrence before English spelling was standardized a few hundred years ago. In the Middle Ages, even the literate spelled their names differently as the English language incorporated elements of French, Latin, and other European languages. Many variations of the name Santihan have been found, including: Sandeman, Sandiman, Sandieman, Sandman and others.
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Families began migrating abroad in enormous numbers because of the political and religious discontent in England. Often faced with persecution and starvation in England, the possibilities of the New World attracted many English people. Although the ocean trips took many lives, those who did get to North America were instrumental in building the necessary groundwork for what would become for new powerful nations. Among the first immigrants of the name Santihan, or a variant listed above to cross the Atlantic and come to North America were : Charles Sandman settled in Philadelphia in 1756; and the family settled in Newfoundland at Torbay in the 19th century.