Perrow Surname, Family Crest & Coats of Arms

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Champagne, France is where the ancestors of the Perrow family lived. Perrow was derived from the given name Peter, which comes from the Greek name Petros, meaning rock.

Perrow Early Origins

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The surname Perrow was first found in Champagne where they held a family seat at St-Martin, and were eventually elevated after the Revolution to Comtes of the Empire.

Perrow Spelling Variations

History has changed the spelling of most surnames. During the early development of the French language in the Middle Ages, a person gave his version of his name, phonetically, to a scribe, a priest, or a recorder. Some variables were adopted by different branches of the family name. Hence, there spelling variations of the name Perrow, some of which include Perron, Perrone, Peron, Perouin, Perrouin, Du Perron and many more.

Perrow Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Perrow research. Another 144 words (10 lines of text) are included under the topic Early Perrow History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Perrow Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Perrow Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

Gabriel H. Perrow, aged 44, a butcher, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Assaye" in 1874
Harriett Perrow, aged 42, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Assaye" in 1874
Henrietta Perrow, aged 9, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Assaye" in 1874
William Perrow, aged 18, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Assaye" in 1874
Anne Perrow, aged 20, a servant, who arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship "Assaye" in 1874
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Contemporary Notables of the name Perrow (post 1700)

Mosby Garland Perrow Jr., (1909-1976), American educator who was key figure in Virginia's abandonment of "Massive Resistance" to public school desegregation
Charles B. Perrow, American emeritus professor of sociology at Yale University
Mark Perrow (b. 1965), South African sprint canoer at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Citations

Other References

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Colletta, John P. They Came In Ships. Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1993. Print.
Guérard, Albert Léon. France: a Modern History. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1959. Print.
Robb H. Amanda and Andrew Chesler. Encyclopedia of American Family Names. New York: Haper Collins, 1995. Print. (ISBN 0-06-270075-8).
De Ville, Winston. Gulf Coast Colonials, A Compendium of French Families in Early Eighteenth Century Louisiana. Baltimore, MD: Clearfield, 1999. Print.
Rasmussen, Louis J. . San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists 4 Volumes Colma, California 1965 Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978. Print.
Crozier, William Armstrong Edition. Crozier's General Armory A Registry of American Families Entitled to Coat Armor. New York: Fox, Duffield, 1904. Print.
Annuaire Général Héraldique Universel. Paris: Institut Héraldique, 1901. Print.
Zieber, Eugene. Heraldry in America. Philadelphia: Genealogical Publishing Co. Print.
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The Perrow Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Perrow Family Crest was drawn according to heraldic standards based on published blazons. We generally include the oldest published family crest once associated with each surname.

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