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Early Origins of the Toan family

The surname Toan was first found in Linlithgowshire (Gaelic: Lodainn an Iar), former county in south-central Scotland, now the Council Area West Lothian, where they held a family seat from very ancient times.

Early History of the Toan family

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Toan Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Towne, Town, Towns, Townes and others.

Early Notables of the Toan family

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Migration of the Toan family

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: Daniel and Edmund, who Town settled in Salem, Massachusetts in 1630; Edmund Towne settled in Virginia in 1650; Christiana Towne settled in Maryland in 1775..


Contemporary Notables of the name Toan (post 1700) +

  • Arthur B. Toan, American politician, Prohibition Candidate for New York State Assembly from New York County 7th District, 1919 1


  1. The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, February 3) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html


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