The name Doral arrived in
England after the
Norman Conquest of 1066. The Doral family lived in
Buckinghamshire. They were originally from Airel, in La Manche,
Normandy, and it is from the
local form of this name,
D'Airel, meaning from
Airel, that their name derives. "William de Orrell, a gentleman of the north parts of Normandie, soe called of a castle and family of that countrie, the which came in with the Conqueror, being for his good services done in he North... endowed with the possessions of a Saxon called Etheldred of Broadsworth, an ancient seat twelve miles west of Yorke." Such is the statement attached to an old pedigree quoted in Burke's Commoners.
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The Norman People and Their Existing Descendants in the British Dominions and the United States Of America. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1975. Print. (ISBN 0-8063-0636-X) Early Origins of the Doral family
The surname Doral was first found in
Buckinghamshire where this ancient and noble family of Norman descent came over with the Conqueror and seated themselves at Lillingstone before the year 1200. "Richard son of Elais Dayrell being seised of a messuage and half of knight's fee there in King Richard the First's time, or the beginning of King John's reign. Before 1306 the Dayrells became possessed of the fee of the manor, which has ever since continued in the family."
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Shirley, Evelyn Philip, The Noble and Gentle Men of England; The Arms and Descents. Westminster: John Bower Nichols and Sons, 1866, Print. The Dyarells of Shudy Camps in
Cambridgeshire are a younger branch of the family descending from the second son of Paul Dayrell of Lillinstone, Sheriff of
Buckinghamshire in 1579. The parish of Horkstow in
Lincolnshire "contains a family vault for the Darells, formerly owners of property in the parish."
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Lewis, Samuel, A Topographical Dictionary of England. Institute of Historical Research, 1848, Print.
Early History of the Doral family
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Doral Spelling Variations
A multitude of
spelling variations characterize Norman surnames. Many variations occurred because Old and Middle English lacked any definite spelling rules. The introduction of Norman French to
England also had a pronounced effect, as did the court languages of Latin and French. Therefore, one person was often referred to by several different spellings in a single lifetime. The various spellings include Darrell, Dorrell, Dayrell, Darrel, Darell, Darel and others.
Early Notables of the Doral family (pre 1700)
Outstanding amongst the family at this time was Elizabeth Darrell, the first wife of John Seymour
(c. 1450-1491), and paternal grandmother of Queen Jane Seymour; Sir Edward Darrell
(c. 1465-1530), of Littlecote,
Wiltshire, an English politician, Member of the Parliament for
Wiltshire in 1529; Elizabeth Darrell (born c. 1513-c. 1556 )...
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Migration of the Doral family to the New World and Oceana
Many English families left
England, to avoid the chaos of their homeland and migrated to the many British colonies abroad. Although the conditions on the ships were extremely cramped, and some travelers arrived diseased, starving, and destitute, once in the colonies, many of the families prospered and made valuable contributions to the cultures of what would become the United States and Canada. Research into the origins of individual families in North America has revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name Doral or a variant listed above: John Darrell who settled in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1637 and moved to Salem; Moses and Mary Darrell settled in Virginia in 1654; William Darrell settled in Virginia in 1643.
Contemporary Notables of the name Doral (post 1700)
- Doral William Pilling (1906-1982), Canadian silver medalist at the 1930 British Empire Games and competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Doral Park Chenoweth Jr., American politician, Member of West Virginia State House of Delegates from Kanawha County, 1947-48 [4]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, January 12) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html