The Vaughan Family

The Vaughan family entered my family tree when Ann Vaughan married Reuben Lomas in 1865 and to date the Vaughan ancestry can be traced back as far as about 1680.

These families are beyond the living memory of any of my immediate relatives but are still important as to the make up of my family tree.

Origin of the surname Vaughan

There is a beautiful description of the origin of the Vaughan surname to be found here...

http://www.vaughan-vaughn.org/namehist.htm

The name comes from welsh and is first found in England in Salop, Shropshire where they were descended from Tudor Trevor, the Earl of Hereford, and Lord of Maylors. His wife was descended from Howel Dda, King of South Wales, in 907.

Origin of the surname Cadman

This surname has a number of interesting derivations. Firstly, it may be of early medieval English origin, from a Middle English given name "Cade", apparently deriving from a Germanic root meaning "something lumpy or protruding", plus the second element "mann", man, but in this context usually meaning "servant of", hence "Cade's servant". Secondly, the name may be an occupational name for a cooper, from the Old French, Middle English "cade", a cask, barrel.

Finally, the surname may have originated as a nickname for an inoffensive, gentle person, from the Middle English "cade", a domestic animal, pet. The surname itself is first recorded in Cambridgeshire in the late 13th Century (see below), while Eustace Cade is recorded in the Pipe Rolls of Lincolnshire in 1189. Geoffrey Cademan is mentioned in the Subsidy Rolls of Derbyshire in 1327
source: www.surnamedb.com

Related Topics:
-The Vaughan Family - The Cadman Family

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This Page Last Corrected and Updated 02/06/2009