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The surname Vore was first found in East Lothian, where they were directly descended from the great baronial family of De Vaux, or De Vallibus, and still had a castle of this name in Normandy until the year 1080. They possessed Dalston and Gilliesland in Cumberland, and the barony of Dirletoun in East Lothian.
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Spelling variations of this family name include: Vance, Vans, Vaux, de Vallibus and others.
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was John Vaus or Vascus (1490?-1538?), Scottish Latinist, the earliest Scottish writer on grammar, born in Aberdeen. "He appears to have studied at Paris, and to have returned to his...
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Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Thomas Vance, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1820 with his children; William Vance settled in Wilmington, N.C. in 1804; Gilbert Vance settled in New Orleans in 1822.