The name Tollison is from the ancient
Anglo-Saxon culture of the Britain and comes from the
personal name Thomas. Tollison is a
patronymic surname, which belongs to the category of
hereditary surnames. This surname came out of the religious given name tradition, and derived from the personal name
Thomas, which means
twin. Thomas was a popular name, owing to its biblical origins.
Early Origins of the Tollison family
The surname Tollison was first found in
Durham where they were Lords of the manor of Gateshead from ancient times.
Early History of the Tollison family
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Tollison Spelling Variations
The first dictionaries that appeared in the last few
hundred years did much to standardize the English language. Before that time,
spelling variations in names were a common occurrence. The language was changing, incorporating pieces of other languages, and the spelling of names changed with it. Tollison has been spelled many different ways, including Tomlinson, Thomlinson and others.
Early Notables of the Tollison family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Tollison family to the New World and Oceana
Thousands of English families in this era began to emigrate the New World in search of land and freedom from religious and political persecution. Although the passage was expensive and the ships were dark, crowded, and unsafe, those who made the voyage safely were rewarded with opportunities unavailable to them in their homeland. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Tollisons to arrive in North America:
Tollison Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
- Brunell Tollison, who arrived in Maryland in 1668 [1]CITATION[CLOSE]
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)
Tollison Settlers in United States in the 20th Century
- Lilian Tollison, aged 26, who arrived in America from Truro, England, in 1908
- H. Tollison, aged 42, who arrived in New York, in 1920
Contemporary Notables of the name Tollison (post 1700)
- Grady Tollison Jr., American Democrat politician, Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Mississippi, 1980 [2]CITATION[CLOSE]
The Political Graveyard: Alphabetical Name Index. (Retrieved 2016, October 21) . Retrieved from http://politicalgraveyard.com/alpha/index.html - Gray Tollison (b. 1996), American politician, Member of the Mississippi Senate
- Robert D. Tollison (b. 1942), American economist and author who specializes in public choice theory