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Early Origins of the Rundles family

The surname Rundles was first found in Normandy (French: Normandie), the former Duchy of Normandy, where the family has been a prominent family for centuries, and held a family seat with lands and manor. The family were well established in the region of Calvados and several members of the family distinguished themselves through their contributions toward the community in which they lived and were rewarded with lands, titles and letters patent confirming their nobility. They were shown as nobility of the Norman by the Duchesne rolls during the Conquest. William Rundel of Oxfordshire after Hastings had several domains held to 1150 and also held in Normandy.

Early History of the Rundles family

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Rundles Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Rond, Ronde, Lerond, Lerondel, Roneau, Rondel, Lerondeau, Rondeau, Rondelet, Rondelleux, Rondelot, Rondet, Rondot, Rondou, Rondier, Rundle, Runnall, Redonet, Redonin and many more.

Early Notables of the Rundles family

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Rundles migration to the United States +



Rundles Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Peter Rundles, aged 15, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1777 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Rundles (post 1700) +

  • Guy Rundles, American Republican politician, Candidate in primary for U.S. Representative from Michigan 11th District, 1952 2
  • Richard Lambert Rundles (1981-2019), Major League Baseball (MLB) relief pitcher who played for the Cleveland Indians in 2008 and 2009


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2015, November 9) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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