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Early Origins of the Coran family

The surname Coran was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the 13th century when they held a family seat at Adlington.

Early History of the Coran family

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Coran Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Corona, Coroner, Corrona, Corroner and others.

Early Notables of the Coran family

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Migration of the Coran family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..


Contemporary Notables of the name Coran (post 1700) +

  • Coran A. Wiseman, American Republican politician, Candidate for West Virginia State House of Delegates from Fayette County, 1950 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 16) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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