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In the John Tanner Family book, published in 1942, the Genealogy of John Tanner b. 15 Aug 1778, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, there is a forward that has a little about the origin of the Tanner surname.This is by Reverend George C. Tanner, late of Fairbault, MN.
In the John Tanner Family book, published in 1942, the Genealogy of John Tanner b. 15 Aug 1778, Hopkinton, Washington, Rhode Island, there is a forward that has a little about the origin of the Tanner surname.This is by Reverend George C. Tanner, late of Fairbault, MN.History and Genealogy of The Tanner Family from William Tanner to John Tanner.
History and Genealogy of The Tanner Family from William Tanner to John Tanner."The name Tanner appears in history as early as the reign of Edward III, and it is said that it dates from the time of William the Conqueror.They had estates in the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Wilts, Surrey and the name is found in other parts of England.The name is found on ancient records in the various forms of Tanner, Tannator, Tannarius, Tannuor, Taner and Tanner, of which the last is the form most generally accepted today and frequently the prefix 'le' was used.Families of this name were to be found in the counties of Sussex, Oxford, Huntington, Devon, Cornwall, Wells, Dorset, Surrey, Nottingham, Somerset, Ulster, Limmerick and London, were for the most part of the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britian."
"The name Tanner appears in history as early as the reign of Edward III, and it is said that it dates from the time of William the Conqueror.They had estates in the Counties of Cornwall, Devon, Wilts, Surrey and the name is found in other parts of England.The name is found on ancient records in the various forms of Tanner, Tannator, Tannarius, Tannuor, Taner and Tanner, of which the last is the form most generally accepted today and frequently the prefix 'le' was used.Families of this name were to be found in the counties of Sussex, Oxford, Huntington, Devon, Cornwall, Wells, Dorset, Surrey, Nottingham, Somerset, Ulster, Limmerick and London, were for the most part of the landed gentry and yeomanry of Great Britian."There is much more, however there is not room to place it here.
There is much more, however there is not room to place it here.AletaM, IBSSG, Charter Member
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