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Tranance Early Origins

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The surname Tranance was first found in Cornall where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manors of Tranance and Bodmin. Cornwall was a land set apart, a land of mystique and quaint customs, more strongly related to Brittany and Wales than to England. It was not until the 10th century that they submitted to the Saxon rule of England. Since then, their influence has moved east into Devon, Somerset and Dorset.

Tranance Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Tranance, Tranansh, Trenants, Trence, Trance and others.

Tranance Early History

This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Tranance research. Another 313 words (22 lines of text) covering the years 1510, 1600, 1079, 1142, 1235, 1149 and 1162 are included under the topic Early Tranance History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.

Tranance Early Notables (pre 1700)

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The Great Migration

Some of the first settlers of this family name or some of its variants were: the name represented in many forms and recorded from the mid 17th century in the great migration from Europe. Migrants settled in the eastern seaboard from Newfoundland, to Maine, to Virginia, the Carolinas, and to the islands..

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Innes, Thomas and Learney. The Tartans of the Clans and Families of Scotland 1st Edition. Edinburgh: W & A. K. Johnston Limited, 1938. Print.
Markale, J. Celtic Civilization. London: Gordon & Cremonesi, 1976. Print.
Ingram, Rev. James. Translator Anglo-Saxon Chronicle 1823. Print.
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Burke, John Bernard Ed. The Roll of Battle Abbey. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing. Print.
Papworth, J.W and A.W Morant. Ordinary of British Armorials. London: T.Richards, 1874. Print.
Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Galveston Texas 1896-1951. National Archives Washington DC. Print.
Hanks, Patricia and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1988. Print. (ISBN 0-19-211592-8).
Weis, Frederick Lewis, Walter Lee Sheppard and David Faris. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 7th Edition. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing, 1992. Print. (ISBN 0806313676).
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The Tranance Family Crest was acquired from the Houseofnames.com archives. The Tranance 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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