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Cranitch Family Crest Download (JPG) Heritage Series - 600 DPI

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Etymology of Cranitch

What does the name Cranitch mean?

Cranitch is a name whose history is connected to the ancient Anglo-Saxon tribes of Britain. The name is derived from when the Cranitch family once lived in the town of Cranwich, in Cheshire. Some evidence suggests that this place name may be derived from the German name Krannisch.

Early Origins of the Cranitch family

The surname Cranitch was first found in Cheshire where they held a family seat from very ancient times, some say well before the Norman Conquest and the arrival of Duke William at Hastings in 1066 A.D.

Early History of the Cranitch family

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Cranitch research. Another 91 words (6 lines of text) covering the year 1450 is included under the topic Early Cranitch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Cranitch Spelling Variations

Sound was what guided spelling in the essentially pre-literate Middle Ages, so one person's name was often recorded under several variations during a single lifetime. Also, before the advent of the printing press and the first dictionaries, the English language was not standardized. Therefore, spelling variations were common, even among the names of the most literate people. Known variations of the Cranitch family name include Crannage, Cranach, Cranadge, Cranage, Crannick, Crannock and many more.

Early Notables of the Cranitch family

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Migration of the Cranitch family

For political, religious, and economic reasons, thousands of English families boarded ships for Ireland, Canada, the America colonies, and many of smaller tropical colonies in the hope of finding better lives abroad. Although the passage on the cramped, dank ships caused many to arrive in the New World diseased and starving, those families that survived the trip often went on to make valuable contributions to those new societies to which they arrived. Early immigrants bearing the Cranitch surname or a spelling variation of the name include: Edmund Cranage who settled in Virginia in 1637 with his wife Elizabeth, and daughters Margaret and Mary; Thomas Cranch settled in New York in 1821; Ely Crannage settled in Virginia in 1639..


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