Trasher History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Early Origins of the Trasher family
The surname Trasher was first found in Suffolk where the first record was Richard prescere in 1221. 1 The name is a derivative of the Old English words perscan, pryscan, meaning "to thresh," or occupationally a "thresher, " a grain thresher. 2 3 4
By 1319, Geoffrey le Thressher was listed in the Feet of Fines for Essex. 1 In Somerset, Robert le Thressher was listed there, 1 Edward III (during the first year of King Edward III's reign.) 5 And later, Ricardus Trescher was found in the Yorkshire Poll Tax Rolls of 1379. 6
Early History of the Trasher family
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Trasher Spelling Variations
Spelling variations of this family name include: Thrasher, Thresher, Trasher, Tresher, Treasure, Trescher and many more.
Early Notables of the Trasher family
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Trasher migration to the United States +
Some of the first settlers of this family name were:
Trasher Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
- John Trasher, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1850 7
Citations +
- Reaney, P.H and R.M. Wilson, A Dictionary of English Surnames. London: Routledge, 1991. Print. (ISBN 0-415-05737-X)
- Arthur, William , An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. London: 1857. Print
- Lower, Mark Anthony, Patronymica Britannica, A Dictionary of Family Names of the United Kingdom. London: John Russel Smith, 1860. Print.
- Smith, Eldson Coles, New Dictionary of American Family Names New York: Harper & Row, 1956. Print
- Dickinson, F.H., Kirby's Quest for Somerset of 16th of Edward the 3rd London: Harrison and Sons, Printers in Ordinary to Her Majesty, St, Martin's Lane, 1889. Print.
- Bardsley, C.W, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames: With Special American Instances. Wiltshire: Heraldry Today, 1901. Print. (ISBN 0-900455-44-6)
- 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)