Researching Strong(e)s and Strang(e)s in Britain and Ireland
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CHAPTER XIII | (N:Thursday, January 19, 1998 - 9:35:26 AM) | ||
Revised 2nd Edition (Rootsweb Freepages), (N:Thursday, November 07, 2002 - 7:45 PM) | |||
(R:Thursday, December 04, 2003) | |||
LINEAGES DIRECTORY | |||
| .....PART IV - NAMES CHANGED TO STRONG FROM LANGUAGES OTHER THAN
ENGLISH: | |||
| .....PART V - NAMES "SOUNDING" LIKE STRONG: |
This web page is divided into several sections. Click on the section to which you wish to "jump":
LINEAGES DIRECTORY: INTRODUCTION
PART I(A) VIKINGS, BRETONS & NORMANS:
PART I(B) ROOTS IN ENGLAND:
PART II - STRANG/STRANGE/STRONG/STRONGE of SCOTLAND:
PART III - VARIOUS STRONG(E)/STRANG(E) FAMILIES OF IRELAND:
PART IV - NAMES CHANGED TO STRONG FROM LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH:
PART V - NAMES "SOUNDING" LIKE STRONG:
END OF CHAPTER: CONCLUSION
PART IV - NAMES CHANGED TO STRONG FROM LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH:
| Fortier ? (French for Strong)
Burt Strong of Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Researcher, Email: Suzanne Clement Note, this "Anglising" of the French word "fortier", (meaning "strong") into the English Surname, "Strong" seems to be rather unique. It should be contrasted with the evolution of the French words "le Strange" (meaning the foreigner, or the stranger) into our modern English surnames of Strong and Strange. | |
| Alexi
Alexandervitch "Alex" Strong, apparently born in Russia, married my (now deceased) Grandmother
Marie Stevenson Jefferson in Grenwich Village, New York, in the 40's. He
was a handsome full-blooded Russian. They had an interesting life together
and they had a son Michael Strong, who is is a dispatcher for the Long Island Railroad.
My Step-Grandfather Alex died this year (1998)
and we got some family history info that directly linked him to the late
Czar of Russia. The name Strong was to them
something like "Straum" or similar in Russia. Alex was very smart and cut
stones (lapidary work) and loved Art and history. Researcher, Email: Linda Carver Clark Researcher's Uncle, Email: Michael Strong Note: A number of researchers, including the late Robert T. Strong, Jr., and William L. Strong, have reported encountering Strongs who seem to trace their name from an "Anglising" of the Germanic names "Strom" or "Straum". |
PART V - NAMES "SOUNDING" LIKE STRONG:
What concerns us here is the interchangeability of the surnames Strong / Stronge / Strang / Strange / as well as certain other spellings. The transformations are easy enough to explain if we restrict our analysis to linguistics or orthography, but we have several examples of these spelling changes having been deliberate (in Scotland, Armagh, and NC). It will be quite a chore to learn why and when these changes occurred, tracking various individuals from one spelling to another.
The problem is compounded by the fact that in the days when most people were illiterate and relied primarily on someone else to record any information concerning them, and those doing the recording were straining (no pun intended) to understand what was being said to them in accents that varied widely, many Strong/Strang/Stranges were recorded as Strain, Strawn, Strahan, etc. Straughan, Straughn, Strahan, Strawn, Straffen, Straffon, and Straffan and Strachan have a distinctly different etymology, and do not seem to be related or associated with the Strang(e) or Strong(e) families listed above. However, due to the fact that each of these names may be pronounced remarkably similarily to "Strong" and it's variants; and at some point in the past, possibly through misrecording, or mis-spelling, a "name-change" may have occurred.
We have to look at Strain, etc., simply because they may represent misrecordations of the name "Strong". We should examine Straughan records for possible instances of confusion. For example, members of the Strong Genealogical Network have been perplexed by the coincidences of the names George Straughan / Strang / Strange and William Strong / Strange / Straunge in colonial Virginia.
The following researchers are included as each has in the past expressed an interest in our subject matter:
| Strain: descendants > Western Pennsylvania and Southern Ohio Researcher, Email: HI Arnold | |
| Straughan: Richard Straughan, b.
1680, Scotland > descendants >Virginia
> North Carolina > Tennessee Researcher, Email: Vickie Roach Website: ACGS home page | |
| Straughan: b. Sunderland, Durham, England, Researcher, Email: David Peters | |
| Strachan: William Strachan,
before 1864 , Durham, England, Researcher, Email: Dave Cooke | |
| Straughan: John William Straughan,
b. 20 Dec. 1842, England, to Virginia Researcher, Email: Norma Straughan Russie | |
| Straffen/Straffon/Straffan:
Northumberland, Eng.> South Africa Researcher, in South Africa Email: Straffen S. Short | |
| Straughn: Robert (or Rueben?) Newton Straughn,
b. 1839 in North Carolina or Tennessee, d.
1918, Dyer Co., TN Researcher, Email: Patsy L. Risner | |
| Straughn: Nancy Straughn, b. Dyer
Co., TN Researcher, Email: Sheila Simpson | |
| Straughan: Virginia to Kentucky, c.1760s Researcher, Email: Jim Straughan | |
| Straughan: Green Straughan, b.~1790 Researcher, Email: Buddy Murchison | |
| Strachan Researcher, Email: ? Sangella | |
| Strahan: PA > KY > IN Researcher, Email: Thomas Strahan | |
| Straughn: Rebecca Straughn,
m. Reason Hawkins, 1815, Hamilton Co.,
Ohio > Marion County, Indiana, 1826 Researcher, Email: Lou Ann Corrigan | |
This web page is divided into several sections. Click on the section to which you wish to "jump":
LINEAGES DIRECTORY: INTRODUCTION
PART I(A) VIKINGS, BRETONS & NORMANS:
PART I(B) ROOTS IN ENGLAND:
PART II - STRANG/STRANGE/STRONG/STRONGE of SCOTLAND:
PART III - VARIOUS STRONG(E)/STRANG(E) FAMILIES OF IRELAND:
PART IV - NAMES CHANGED TO STRONG FROM LANGUAGES OTHER THAN ENGLISH:
PART V - NAMES "SOUNDING" LIKE STRONG:
END OF CHAPTER: CONCLUSION
Conclusion: In the Introduction to this chapter, reference was made to Dr. John Oliver's Six-fold Test of Consanguinity, in the context of using it to help build this chapter. The researcher will hopefully see many possible new relationships after having reviewed this material. In order to encourage investigation whether the variantly named families are indeed related, we encourage and welcome comment and discussion concerning these possibilities. If you are new to this discussion and research, we encourage subscription to the Rootsweb Email STRONG List as a forum for the discussion.
An exciting new avenue of research is opening. Advances in genetic techology have made it possible to persue a DNA Study which promises to help resolve whether the lineages discussed in this chapter are indeed related. The DNA Study will show whether the lineages have a "Most Recent Common Ancestor" and predict how many generations back from the test subjects the MRCA occured. Take a look at the LeStrange-Strange-Strang-Stronge-Strong DNA Study , and consider joining the project. Help resolve the puzzle whether the various lineages discussed in this chapter are related, and if so, the degree to which they are related!
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Please let us know if this chapter has been helpful! We would also appreciate being advised of any possible additions or corrections to the directory set out here. Contact David B. Strong through the Rootsweb Strong-List.
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